Countless long ladders were erected, and groups of Xiliang troops covered the vital points with their left-handed shields, swarming towards the head of Luoyang City like boundless ant colonies.

It is not terrible to rain arrows on the top of the head, as long as the shot is not the chest, abdomen and head and face, with the bravery of the Xiliang army, you can still grit your teeth and stand up. As long as a boulder weighing dozens of pounds is smashed, ignoring any shield and armor protection, the middle one will spurt blood, break tendons and fractures and roll down, overwhelming more unlucky people crowded below.

Of course, due to the malevolence of a bad general, the defenders' weapons were by no means limited to arrows and arrows. Although the besiegers had already taken it for granted that the spilled animal fat, the bags of lime were sprinkled in their faces, which was somewhat unexpected. Their suffering seemed to end there, and when Ma Jun's painstaking collection of large bags of knotweed powder also appeared gorgeously, the situation suddenly became chaotic.

Red powder fluttered across the entire section of the city wall, at least hundreds of Xiliang soldiers fell down the long ladder with tears in their eyes, and thousands of people under the city rubbed their eyes, covered their throats, and even pinched their noses, screaming loudly. I don't know who shouted: "Poisonous smoke! ”

With a "hula", the rebels in the area retreated without a single remnant.

The victims are not just enemy soldiers. Although the knotweed powder is heavier and can fall naturally, the gusts of breeze blowing on the city still make many Han soldiers feel the taste of "rolling tears" without discrimination.

However, the Han soldiers already knew that this powder was not poisonous, so although they were not shocked, they waved their weapons fiercely while dripping emotional tears, and from time to time poured a lot of cloth bags in their hands, which was completely a heroic feeling of generosity to death.

There was only one general who couldn't stand it anymore and yelled: "There will always be days and days, don't wait for times to think about times!" A bunch of losers! ”

After a while, the red mist cleared, and the area was filled with enemy troops.

As the first batch of defensive forces, the Han army defending the city wall on the western front is only 6,000 people, consisting of 1,000 city gate captains, 1,400 Cao Cao's subordinates, 2,000 Tianshi Dao troops, and 1,600 Nanying's direct subordinates.

In the face of more than five times the enemy army, such a mixed and ununified rabble, they actually fought like a rainbow of morale, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, in fact, they completely relied on the city wall of Luoyang, which was as high as 20 meters, that is, more than six zhang high.

In addition to this, there was another important factor, which was that the Han army overestimated the seemingly endless number of siege ladders of the enemy.

These thousands of long ladders, with different lengths and shapes, are obviously from several "manufacturers", and of course not all of them are products with quality and quantity. In the flying arrows, all kinds of jokes are also endless. Some of the rebels finally set up a long ladder, and the person who started the ladder had already climbed half of it, but they were stunned to find that the length of the ladder had not yet reached the top of the city, and they were in a dilemma; There are also long ladders of inferior wood, and after being stepped on by more than 100 catties of human body for a few rounds, they were torn apart with a "bang", and the soldiers above were thrown half to death.

In the laughter, the Han soldiers at the head of the city were condescending, killing more happily, and many people arrogantly leaned their bodies out of the city, and threw down the wood and boulders like rain at any cost. Soon, more long ladders showed signs of breaking and crumbling, and the rebels under the city couldn't help but panic.

The rebel generals who commanded the siege apparently also saw what was wrong and hurriedly took remedial measures. Under the cover of the shield array, a group of archers accelerated past the siege equipment that was still rumbling and marching, and began to reach the city to carry out long-range strikes.

The Xiliang Army is unique in the world in cavalry, and its archery skills are also extraordinary. As soon as thousands of archers joined the warband, the battle situation changed instantly. The Han army was caught off guard, paying at least hundreds of casualties, and had to retreat back to the battlements and use bows and crossbows to carry out confrontational suppression.

The pressure on the rebels who climbed up was greatly reduced, and they shouted and attacked again.

Nan Ying quietly stared ahead, in his eyes, the tens of thousands of enemy troops under the city were not the biggest threat, as long as he could completely destroy the unprecedentedly large heavy equipment in front of him, the battle to defend the city would be half won.

The first towering arrow tower had already entered the attack range, and on the tower almost as high as Luoyang, more than a dozen rebel archers had begun to shoot a dense rain of arrows. Then, the second and third......

The defenders of Luoyang were immediately hit hard, many of them were shot like hedgehogs, and fell straight down the city, and many more had given up shooting, and retreated behind the battlements to concentrate on dealing with the enemy troops rising from the long ladder.

A trace of bitterness flashed on Nanying's face, and it seemed that he couldn't wait for all the enemy's city equipment. If they don't make any more moves, the Han army responsible for guarding the edge of the city wall will collapse first.

He reached out and pushed away the shield guard in front of him, pointing his eagle knife straight to the sky.

After witnessing the code signal issued by the main general, all the nearby flag commanders immediately waved a series of flags, and the orders were instantly spread throughout the entire city wall.

The command sounded, and groups of Han soldiers poured up the city wall from the ladder at the back of the city wall, nearly 2,000 men and horses, all of whom were descendants of Nanying, and they worked in groups of several people, carrying baskets of oil clay pots with their hands and feet, and then pushing out the ballista that had been hidden behind the wooden planks.

The spears with thick arms were wound, and the oil clay pots were tied five inches behind the tips of the spears.

Gao Feng saw Nanying nodding to him, and immediately ignited the straw rope outside the clay pot with his own hands. The grass was soaked in grease, and as soon as it was ignited, flames erupted.

"Put!" A soldier slammed a sledgehammer into the trigger. Spears shot like moonshots towards the nearest siege tower.

After flying half the distance, the clay pot weighing several catties began to pull the tip of the spear into a downward trend, and finally nailed dozens of steps in front of the siege tower with a "porphyry". The clay pot happened to fall in the soft soil that had just been filled in by the rebels, and it was surprisingly not broken, but emitted wisps of ash smoke from the burning of the grass ropes.

"Three inches high! Fast! Gao Feng roared. Another series of flags was transmitted, and all the ballistas slowly raised their heads in the groan of "squeak".

"Let's go! Free launch! With an order, a sharp sound of breaking wind sounded in the air at the same time, converging into a terrifying sound wave.

Hundreds of spears leaped into the air, carrying flaming clay pots at their closest targets.

The spear that hit the first accurately hit had just happily bitten on a ladder, and in the next second, the clay pot under the strong inertia smashed directly on the heavy wooden board.

"Boom!" The oil thrown in the air was directly ignited into fireballs.

On the huge hull, dozens of flames rose at the same time, and the scene appeared like a miracle.

The rebels who were struggling to push the ladder truck screamed in amazement, completely unaware of the reason, and a large fireball was sprinkled on another arrow tower beside them, and many people were caught by the rain of fire sprinkled on their heads, and immediately let out heart-rending screams.

Looking at the dozens of siege machines near and far all trapped in the sea of fire, Nanying shouted in ecstasy: "Good shot!" Give Ben a full launch, shoot ......"

"Boom" came again, but it was countless times louder than the previous popping sound, which shook the ears of tens of thousands of people in the city and under the city.

"My mother! What's going on? Nanying looked at the flames in mid-air in shock, and they bounced higher into the air, and then countless tiny fireballs and black oil fountains were thrown out, and the heavenly maiden shrouded them like scattered flowers, and they actually affected within a radius of a hundred steps.

A loud bang was heard, and each time it sounded, it represented a terrifying explosion. The entire space above the rebels was full of light and fire chips, as dazzling and miserable as an umbrella.

The rebels were in a frenzied chaos for a moment, the infantry shouted and retreated, and on the tall body of the car that was already blazing, countless fire men let out a terrible roar, falling and jumping down like dumplings.

"This! This! Even the initiator of this arson case was stunned, and Nan Ying opened his mouth wide and said: "Could it be that a few tanks are not tightly sealed?" That's what led to the explosion! ”

"Boom", but this time the explosion was not under the city, but at the head of the city not far away.

"Not good!" Nanying's face changed drastically, and he shouted wildly: "Stop launching, stop quickly!" ”

This order was inevitably delayed a little bit as it passed through the stunned bannermen.

It was this little bit of time that cost the defenders of the city dearly. At least dozens of clay pots exploded directly on the ballista, and the resulting fragments killed and injured at least hundreds of people. At the same time, the oil that was thrown away also burned many soldiers. Fortunately, the defenders had already taken precautions, and used the fine sand of the large basket to extinguish the fire, and pulled the burned soldiers back from the ghost gate in time.

"Gah!" "Gah!" "Gah!" The sound of heavy firing sounded. Dozens of black dots flew out from behind the city, crossed arcs, and smashed into the chaos of the rebels. Instantly, countless skyrocketing fires ignited again.

"Well done!" Nanying's eyes lit up.

These are, of course, the three catapults commanded by Ma Jun. This kid is a ghost, and when he saw that the clay pot thrown with fire might hurt others and himself, he immediately removed the grass rope outside the clay pot and launched it directly with overwhelming momentum. Anyway, there are fires everywhere under the city, as long as it doesn't fall on the city, it can be smashed no matter how it is!

When the rebels' medium flag was unfurled, and nearly 100 siege equipment that had not been affected by the fire slowly retreated, within 150 steps of Luoyang City, it had become a sea of fire.

Heaven and earth were covered with a thick smoke that made people choke and cry, and the air was filled with all kinds of pungent smells from burning, especially the stench of burning the human body, which was enough to make people sick.

When the Han soldiers defending the city suddenly changed from a shocking visual blow to a sudden joy of victory, the shouts and cheers were enough to make the earth tremble.

There was only one person, staring blankly at the tragic situation under the city, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and the whole person was almost about to stiffen up.

Gao Feng walked over briskly and said in a low voice: "General, according to preliminary estimates, 7,000 enemies were killed in this battle, 800 of our army were killed, and nearly 1,000 were wounded. In addition, at least seventy percent of the enemy's siege equipment was burned...... Hey? General, why is your face so ugly! ”

"You go first to rescue the wounded and reorganize the city defense!" A deep voice sounded: "Ben general, Ben will be alone for a while!" ”

When Gao Feng turned to walk away, he sat down on the ground and groaned, "I made a sin by arson again!" My heart is still a fart! ”

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