The loud sound of the boulder thrown by the catapult violently bombarding the city wall and the shouting of killing that resounded through the world completely woke up the originally sleeping Qizhou City.

But then, an incredible scene appeared, only to see that in the night, hundreds of people put on their clothes and rushed out of their homes to run in the direction of the nearest city gate from their homes, there were 20,000 men and women, old and young, there were 20,000 or 30,000 people, some of them were bare-handed, some were carrying flat poles, some were holding kitchen knives, wooden sticks and even picked up a stone or a quick brick from the side of the road on the spot, they came to the city, there was no need for the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army to arrange, some helped carry weapons, some were responsible for transporting the wounded, and some were burning fire and boiling water, After a while, when the water boils, pouring down from the city wall can also make the officers and soldiers squeak and scream, they have been like this for two or three days, and they willingly regard the defense of Qizhou City as their natural responsibility.

Zheng Fei and the soldiers looked at the busy people in the city, their hearts were extremely warm, these people may not be able to directly help the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army to kill the enemy and defend the city, but it is this special "logistics force" of tens of thousands of people that has built the strongest belief to support the Heavenly Dao Army to fight tenaciously.

Between the first line of the city wall, the Song army and the Heavenly Dao army started a big battle in the dark night, and no one dared to light the torch in the dark, because wherever there is light, it will become the most ruthless target of the opponent's archers, but relatively speaking, the Heavenly Dao army took a little advantage, because the Heavenly Dao army could throw torches down from the city wall, so as to see the enemy around it clearly by the brightness of the torches. The Song army couldn't throw the torches on the city wall, and when they looked up, they couldn't tell where the city wall was and where the night sky was in the dark night sky.

Moreover, the darkness also increased the lethality of the bow and arrow, and no one could see from which direction an arrow would be shot, even if the shield was raised, it could only protect one direction, which was why the Song army had not chosen to attack the city in the dark in the past few days.

But now I can't take care of so much, under Liu Fa's order, the Western Army launched the most fierce offensive against Qizhou City in the past few days, and the huge casualties have also completely stimulated the bloody nature of this army that has not fallen behind in the vicious battle with the Western Xia soldiers in the northwest, and everyone is attacking the city wall like crazy, as if the city wall is not a thief, but a feud that they hate extremely much. Naturally, they were also met with the most tenacious counterattack from the Heavenly Dao Army, which was even more crazy and brave than them!

Zheng Fei wiped the blood on his face, his mouth couldn't help grinning, his two arms were already sore and swollen and he was about to grin when he moved slightly, from last night to now, he couldn't remember how many Song soldiers he had cut down from under the city, although he couldn't see their faces clearly in the dark night, but everyone's screams when they were cut down from the city wall were like a person, it felt like there was an enemy who would never die, and you cut down the city tower again and again, but again and again climbed down the ladder across the city wall to come to you, It's heart-numbing.

When the sky broke, the battle had lasted for two hours, and the dead bodies of the Song army and some of the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army were everywhere under the city wall, layer upon layer, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, the battle was still going on, and one after another of the Song soldiers were still attacking the city one after another, and from time to time I could see that some Song soldiers finally attacked the city wall, but in just a moment, they were not surrounded by more thieves and were killed and thrown off the city wall. The soldiers of the Western Army are defending the glory of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty with their lives, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army are also proving with blood who is the most courageous army in the land of China today!

Liu Fa watched from a distance, his face was solemn, he couldn't figure out when and how there was such a strong army of thieves in the Great Song Dynasty, which was even as strong as the Western Xia soldiers! This is really a group of thieves who steal chickens and dogs, and rob houses. The people are made up of rebels? No, they are a real army, an army that does not want to die! Even Liu Fa, who has been fighting on the battlefield for decades and is accustomed to seeing all kinds of fierce enemies, has to admit that the enemy in front of him is a strong enemy that is difficult to see in his life! You can't fight like this anymore, if you fight again, the casualties of your own army will be heavier, and it seems that you have to use the treasure in your hands!

Liu Fa gave an order, and Mingjin withdrew his troops! At the same time, Liu Fa then ordered to take out all the "treasures"!

The so-called "treasure" is actually nothing else, but a firearm. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song people had already begun to use gunpowder in warfare, and invented many firearms, some of which were very powerful.

For example, there is a firearm called the earth-shaking thunder, the body is thick and small, the inside is filled with gunpowder, the shell is wrapped in pig iron, the thunder mouth is equipped with a fuse, when used, according to the distance of the target, the length of the lead is determined, and the pig iron shell can be blown into pieces after detonation, and the iron pieces are scattered and ejected under the huge explosive force, and the speed can even penetrate the iron armor!

Another example is the Tribulus Fireball and the Poison Smoke Ball, which are based on the same principle as the Earthquake Thunder, but instead of killing the enemy by bursting iron pieces, they will cause a violent combustion with a large amount of gunpowder after the explosion, which is used to burn the enemy or cause a fire. The other will release the proportional toxic smoke and poisonous gas inside after the explosion, and the enemy will be poisoned when he smells it, depending on the formula, the light one will be temporarily incapacitated by coughing or fainting, and the heavy one will be poisoned to death on the spot bleeding seven holes!

These firearms were the same "super" weapons of the Great Song Dynasty as the Divine Arm Bow, which made the Liao State and Western Xia suffer a lot, but unfortunately, the Great Song Dynasty did not use him extensively. The reason is that the cost of this kind of firearms is quite high, and it can only be used once, and the cost performance is too low. Officials from top to bottom of the court were not spared, and the officials in charge of making firearms were not spared, and the officials deceived their superiors and subordinates and falsely reported the amount of money, and more than half of the money allocated by the imperial court for the manufacture of firearms fell into the hands of corrupt officials at all levels, and the firearms produced also cut corners due to lack of funds, and their power was greatly reduced. In such a vicious circle, most of the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty were either of poor quality, or all kinds of advanced firearms developed or improved by skilled craftsmen were put on the shelf, so not many of them were finally distributed to various armies and could be used in actual combat.

As the main battle army of the Great Song Dynasty against the Western Xia, the Western Army is constantly fighting, and it is naturally the key rationing object of various weapons, weapons and firearms in the imperial court, and Liu Fa has lived in the army for a long time and knows the importance of firearms, so he just wasted a lot of strength some time ago to transfer a batch of rare and qualified quality earth-shaking thunder, tribulus fireballs and other things from the firearms workshop, the quantity is not much, and he was going to use it again in the next war with the Western Xia, but the situation forced him, he can only use this batch of firearms in advance today!

The firearms were quickly taken out, and Liu Fa then ordered to immediately vacate all the stones on the catapult, and he wanted to use the catapult to throw all the firearms into Qizhou City, in order to deter the Liangshan bandits and destroy their confidence in one fell swoop!

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The Song army's Mingjin retreat gave the Tiandao army in Qizhou City a rare respite, and the soldiers who could continue to fight all hurried to drink some water and rest, and the wounded were immediately transferred to the city, and the people also took advantage of the lack of fighting in the city, constantly shuttling up and down the city, helping the Tiandao army to do some things within their ability, and everyone was using all the available time to prepare for the next attack of the enemy.

Zheng Fei stood at the battlement and looked at Song Jun in the distance, his brows furrowed, and his face was puzzled and worried.

"Zheng Lang, what's wrong?" Hu Sanniang asked,

"I don't know...... I always felt that something was wrong. Zheng Feidao,

"What's wrong?" Hu Sanniang said,

Zheng Fei said, "The Song army would rather be at a disadvantage than attack at any cost last night, but now that it is dawn, they have retreated, which is very unreasonable. ”

Hu Sanniang also noticed this anomaly after thinking about it, but she wanted Zheng Fei to take the opportunity to rest more, so she said softly, "Zheng Lang, no matter what tricks the Song army has, it will definitely not be able to defeat the unity of us and the people. It's been almost two days since you left Bozhou, so let's go get some sleep first. ”

Zheng Fei felt Hu Sanniang's soft care, his heart was very warm, and when he saw that Hu Sanniang's beautiful face was already full of tiredness, he felt a sense of guilt welling up in his heart, such a beautiful woman should have stayed in a safe and comfortable commander's mansion, but she accompanied her without regrets, born and died, and her husband really failed very well.

"Lady, go to sleep, I'm not sleepy, and Commander Lu will come to discuss the next plan of action with me later." Zheng Feidao,

Hu Sanniang was about to shake his head and refuse, but Zheng Fei then deliberately straightened his face and said, "Be obedient, go quickly!" Hu Sanniang knew that Zheng Fei felt sorry for herself, and she didn't want Zheng Fei to lose face in front of so many subordinates, so she nodded helplessly and turned around and walked downstairs in the city.

Zheng Fei looked at Hu Sanniang's back as she gradually moved away, and secretly made up her mind in her heart that she would never be allowed to follow her out to fight and suffer in the future.

At this moment, I heard a voice from behind, "Commander, we have arrived." ”

Zheng Fei turned his head and found that Lu Zhishen, Pang Wanchun and Shi Jin, who were in charge of guarding the other three city gates, had come to the front, the robes of the three people were splashed with blood, and they were almost damaged, and Shi Jin's left arm was also injured, showing that the other three city gates were no less than the tragic battles on his side!