When the tide recedes, it leaves behind a terrifying scene.

The Luoyang soldiers, who were wounded and not dead, were still howling helplessly in this scene full of corpses. After a while, the silence between heaven and earth returned, leaving only the smell of blood wafting towards the head of Wagang City with the wind.

The defenders on the city wall all stood up unconsciously, silently looking at the blood-red and tired corpses 200 meters away, and the soldiers with poor psychological quality were vomiting.

"Damn! Who told you to eat three bowls of porridge in the morning? Spit out of the city. A captain scolded his soldiers for vomiting. ”

"Give the order to go down, let the soldiers rest in place, and check their weapons."

The herald immediately conveyed the order to the guard. Immediately, the soldiers defending the city stopped looking outside the city, and sat down one after another, and some of them sat in a circle under the leadership of the commander and began to check their equipment. The incomparably bloody scene silenced everyone, and everyone had only the shock on their faces because of the blood, and no one was happy about it.

On the top of the mountain, Yang Er was also shocked by the effect brought by this hot weapon, he didn't expect that the power of the crossbow fire and thunder arrows after Li Chun's transformation was so huge, far better than the original bed crossbow for defending the city, and the bow and arrow were even more redundant. Loud explosions can even directly destroy the morale of the enemy.

"Brother Shi, this kind of firearm is too cruel, it hurts people!" I said coldly.

"Yes! I hope that this firearm can stop the attack of Wang Shichong of Luoyang, and he will not come to die again. In fact, the desperate fight between the two armies, with knives in the abdomen, is not equally cruel and hateful, but in different ways. ”

"Brother Shi's opinion is that the little sister has been taught."

"At least the dead are the enemy, and our army is safe." Zhong Jian said on the side, and Yang Er and the others couldn't help but nod when they heard it.

Wang Shichong's first round of attacks was seriously frustrated, with half of the 30,000 men and horses participating in the attack being lost, and many of the defeated soldiers were wounded. What is even more unacceptable is that it has not yet attacked Wagang City. In the tent of the Chinese army, Wang Shi acted as a full tent of civil and military anger walking back and forth.

"Tell me, what's going on? How should our army respond to the use of fire and thunder in the Wagang defenders? Wang Shichong roared irritably, stopping to look at the group of civil and military personnel.

Master Hu looked up and saw that everyone bowed their heads and was silent, so he said: "Lord Wang, if you want to approach the city and consume the defenders' fire and thunder arrows first, today only one round of fire and thunder arrows was fired above the city and stopped, and the lower officials thought that the number of fire and thunder arrows in the defenders must not be much. ”

"Hmmm! Reasonable. ”

"Lord Wang, if you are attacking, you must not only exhaust the defenders' weapons and thunder arrows, but also reduce the casualties of our army. The serious damage in today's attack was due to the fact that our army's tens of thousands of men and horses were too dense, which caused heavy casualties from the bombardment of fire, thunder and arrows. When the attack is postponed today and the attack is repeated tomorrow, the attack should be carried in a loose formation, with a team of 20 people, to carry the siege ladder forward. Maintain a distance of at least 20 meters between each attacking team. In this way, most of the fire and thunder arrows fired from the city burst in the open space, and they could not hurt our besieging soldiers, and their power was suddenly reduced. When we were within a hundred paces, the fire and thunder arrows were useless, and our besieging soldiers could storm the city walls with a single drum. Li Mi turned out from behind and said to Wang Shichong.

"Huh! Mr. Xuan Sui's plan is clever, and General Guo will attack the city tomorrow according to Mr. 's intentions, and it is appropriate to lead him to shoot more fire and thunder arrows. Wang Shichong was overjoyed after hearing Li Mi's plan.

After the generals dispersed, Guo Shiheng, the general under Wang Shichong, hurried to the army to organize the siege of the city tomorrow.

Li Mi did not stay too much in the Zhongjun tent, and after saying goodbye to Wang Shichong, he strolled to the side tent on his side, and Zhu Deng was already waiting in the tent at this time.

"Sir, the Wagang Jin army will be fierce, today's first battle and Wang Shichong were defeated in both battles, and the total number of people and horses lost was more than 30,000, and now our vitality has been injured, how about retreating from the Red Peach Mountain?"

"The king shall not be! Even if you want to retreat, you have to wait until Luoyang is defeated. At this time, the victory and defeat have not yet been divided, if our army withdraws at this time, it will be chaotic Wang Shichong's army, and at that time, Luoyang will defeat my Red Peach Mountain, and I will bear the infamy of defeat, and make a feud with Wang Shichong. Li Mi hurriedly stopped Zhu Deng's irrational thoughts, and Zhu Deng had to nod his head in agreement with Li Mi's statement when he heard it.

"Does the strategy that Mr. recommended today have a chance of success?" Zhu Deng also participated in the Chinese army's big tent military discussion.

"Alas! It's really a helpless solution! The odds are close to none. But I have to try, but fortunately, it wasn't my Red Hearts Mountain soldiers and horses who were damaged, and he went. Li Mi said with a light sigh.

"According to this king, if 20,000 or 30,000 horses are lost tomorrow, the Luoyang soldiers will retreat."

"The king's words are good, if the fire and thunder arrows of the Wagang defenders cannot be broken tomorrow, Wang Shichong will definitely retreat to Luokou City and not be able to defend it. Tomorrow, the general can go to the front of the battle to watch the battle, guard the village, and secretly order the soldiers to pack their bags and return to the mountains. ”

"Alas! Let's see tomorrow! I didn't expect Yang Guang to become so strong now. Zhu Deng said with palpitations.

There was no word for a night, and the two armies did not disturb each other. The defenders of Wagang City quietly changed their defenses, and after dawn, Zuo Tiancheng and Liang Shitai led 5,000 white horses from the soldiers to the city to defend against the enemy, and came to Hu'er and Luo Cheng to lead the tired division to go down to the city to rest, in fact, there was no pressure on the defense of the first day, and the officers and soldiers did not feel tired, and there were many officers and soldiers who were unwilling to change the defense.

On the morning of the second day, the Luoyang army seemed to be still making preparations before the siege and did not move lightly. There was peace between heaven and earth, and the flying snow made it impossible for the defenders of the city to see in the distance.

Liang Shitai was defending the city for the second time, and with the experience of defending the city a few months ago, it made him completely uneasy, he had experienced the tranquility before the war, and knew that a more ferocious attack by the Luoyang soldiers was coming.

Just after noon, the sound of marching drums was heard outside the city. Zuo Tiancheng and Liang Shitai hurriedly put down the wine and meat in their hands, went to the edge of the city wall and looked out, and they could already see a neat row of Luoyang soldiers in the distance in the wind and snow.

"Tell the brethren not to eat yet, and to get ready." Liang Shitai said to the herald behind him.

"Lao Liang, look, it doesn't seem right? It's not like yesterday's formation, you see! Zuo Tiancheng exclaimed on the side, he had already seen the huge change in the opponent's attack formation.

"! It is cunning enough, and the formation is very scattered, so that our army's fire, thunder, crossbow and arrows are not very effective, and it is difficult to cause casualties to the enemy. Liang Shitai also saw it, and couldn't help but say worriedly.

"Huh! Lao Liang, you don't have to worry, no matter what, after the Luoyang Army enters the firing range, you still have to launch a round to see, even if you can't kill much, you have to scare his thief's guts. Look at all of them carrying ladders, this is to break my fire, thunder, crossbow and arrow array, and then go to the city! Good, good, good! So go and tell the soldiers, after a round of crossbow arrows, let the Luoyang soldiers gather under the city, the more they get together, the better, hehe! Zuo Tiancheng said that, and walked out of the city tower to discuss with his soldiers.

Liang Shitai knew that he had an idea, so he didn't care about him anymore, and only looked intently at the Luoyang soldiers who were gradually approaching.

"Beat the drums, fire the thunderbolts." Liang Shitai saw that the siege Luoyang soldiers had already run into the range of 200 steps, and hurriedly ordered.

After a drum sounded, 5,000 soldiers fired the first fire and thunder arrows in the direction of the attacker.

After a series of explosions, the smoke cleared, shocking the defenders of the city.

It turned out that after the sound of drumming on the city of Liang Shitai was heard by the Luoyang soldiers under the city, they lay down on the snow before the fire and thunder arrows were coming, and all the soldiers with shields also raised their shields to protect their heads and bodies. Because of the large interval between each other, the vast majority of the fire and thunder arrows shot into the open space and exploded, only about 1,000 of the 10,000 Luoyang soldiers who came to attack the city fell, after dodging the first round of fire and thunder arrows, the Luoyang army got up again under the command of the leading generals, carried the ladder to the city, and soon entered the range of the archers on their side, and the archers in the Luoyang army immediately lined up in a row to shoot arrows at the head of the city, covering the ladder soldiers to set up the ladder on the city. It was too late for the defenders of the city to shoot more fire and thunder arrows, and the arrows that rained down the city made the officers and soldiers in the city dare not take the lead.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, we still have gifts for them, ready to ---" Zuo Tiancheng was not in a hurry at all, and calmly shouted to the soldiers on the left and right.

I saw that the officers and soldiers defending the city each took out two thunderbolts from their backpacks, because the number of each person was only 10, and this thing had to be used sparingly, and this time only two per person were allowed.

There are more and more Luoyang troops gathered under the city, and hundreds of ladders have been boarded by a string of siege soldiers.

"Listen, throw me the first one." After Zuo Tiancheng got up and shouted to the soldiers on the left and right, he took the lead in throwing a grenade in his hand towards the city, no matter how many enemy troops there were below, it felt like there were a lot anyway.

As Zuo Tiancheng's first grenade exploded among the people in the city, the sound of intensive bombardment came from the ears, and Liang Shitai, who was watching the battle on the tower of the city gate, shook under his feet. After the first round of 5,000 grenades, there was a scream of crying father and mother under the city, and this round of bombardment was blown up together with the archers who were 100 paces away.

"Okay, don't look at it, what about the oil? Pour the oil on it and set it on fire. It's not so bad when it's burned to ashes. If you want to continue eating, move quickly. Zuo Tiancheng had already expected this result in his heart, because it was not the first time to use a grenade, and that kind of tragic scene had already been experienced, so he ordered to pour fire oil and burn the corpse, regardless of whether there was still one or the other who was not out of breath, and burned it together.

"Lao Zuo, why is this thing so big in dog days? You didn't say that Liang covered his ears a little, and now his ears are still buzzing. This thing is too powerful, isn't it? Liang Shitai finally recovered from the shock, and the grenade bombardment he saw today was under his eyelids, in addition to being unable to stand, his ears were also deaf for a while, and his ears were ringing. This scene is far more shocking than yesterday's bombardment of fire, thunder, crossbow and arrows.

"Lao Liang, are you still worried that this city will not be able to hold it? Depend on! We will collect as many as he has in Luoyang. Zuo Tiancheng patted his chest and said disappreciatively.

In a short time, a fire broke out under the city, sandwiched with a disgusting smell of burnt meat.

"Let's go, Lao Liang, let's go back drinking. That Wang Shichong was already frightened and would never dare to come again. As he spoke, Zuo Tiancheng patted Liang Shitai on the shoulder, and pulled him back to the city tower to continue drinking and eating meat. The relieved defenders smiled, and they all took out the steamed beef hidden in their arms, and then ate their lunch. The errand of pouring fire oil under the city was handed over to the 2,000 original Wagang defenders who cooperated with the defense of the city.

Wang Shichong, who was watching the battle from a distance, experienced the whole process from joy to sorrow, and thought that after avoiding the fire and thunder arrow array, he would be able to take the outer city of Wagang with superior forces in one fell swoop, but he didn't want to end worse than yesterday.

"Go back to the village!" Wang Shichong lowered his head in pain and commanded softly.

The civil and military forces who accompanied him had to slowly turn their horses' heads and take their respective guards to the Chinese army's Dazhai, and no one spoke.

Yang Er and the others, who were standing in the house on the top of the mountain to watch the battle again, seemed to have known the outcome of the battle for a long time, and they did not have the panic they had when they watched the battle yesterday from the beginning. But as much as yesterday, the heart was full of shock, this time Wang Shichong's Luoyang army lost more than yesterday, and almost all of the 20,000 Luoyang soldiers who came to attack the city were lost under this nearly two-mile-wide city, including hundreds of ladders.

"Zhong Jian, go and call the generals to discuss in the righteous hall."

"Yes, brother."

After Yang Er cleaned up his mood, he walked towards the Juyi Hall. Take advantage of your illness to kill you! In Yang Er's heart, a counterattack had already begun to brew.

With bursts of relaxed laughter, the hall gathered the civil and military generals.

"Well, what is this! But it's just the beginning, and it's all quiet. Yang Er smiled and said to the generals, and the generals hurriedly shut up and listened quietly.

"Wang Shichong brought less than 100,000 troops to attack our Wagang, and in three consecutive days of fighting, he lost a total of nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining less than 50,000 were also frightened, and the morale of the army has been shaken, and it is the time for our army to counterattack. I wonder if your generals are still capable of fighting? ”

"My lord, it didn't take much effort to fight for three days! Why don't you have the strength to fight? Everyone says yes! Liang Shitai shouted.

"Yes! Lord, I'm still holding back my strength! Please give the Lord's order! "It can be seen that the nurse has not been addicted yet.

"Good! Now Wang Shichong is like a lost dog, he has lost the courage to fight with this king, and this is the time to attack. Come to protect the child, Zuo Tiancheng listens to the order. ”

"The end will be."

"Let the two of you lead 10,000 white horses to prepare quickly from the elite soldiers, an hour later, the drums sounded and sent troops, lined up to Wang Shichong Dazhai 200 steps to take the crossbow fire and thunder arrows to the king to bombard the Luoyang army camp remotely, each time the king advanced 100 steps, fired 5 rounds in a row, and blew up his Dazhai for the king." Yang Er slapped the table and commanded sharply.

"Order! His camp was sparsely popped. ”

"Luo Cheng and Luo Shixin obey orders."

"The end will be." Luo Cheng answered alone, because Luo Shixin couldn't catch up with the rhythm at all, so he hurriedly got up and stood side by side with Luo Cheng.

"After the bombardment is completed, lead Bai Ma Yi to charge and kill the remaining Luoyang army from this king, and pursue 30 miles back."

"Order."

"General Wu Bao listened to the order, and ordered you to lead your headquarters to collect and surrender troops, the more the better. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, my lord." Wu Bao got the worst errand, and he was unhappy, but he had nothing to say, who said that he lost Luokou City and lost 3,000 siblings? Who will do this business of arresting and surrendering soldiers for brothers? Admit it!