"What about the casualties?" Zheng Fei asked, this is the question he is most concerned about now,

"Three hundred, but the thieves and soldiers didn't take advantage of the Sprinkle family, and they killed one or two thousand of them!" Lu Zhi said in a deep voice,

"More than 400 brothers have died on my side, but everyone can stand it!" Shi Jin said with a resolute face,

"More than 300 people, but there are no more arrows." Pang Wanchun said, "What I just shot was the arrows that the officers and soldiers who had collected from the people at risk and shot into the city. ”

Everyone also nodded, the arrows of the independent division were almost shot out in several battles before entering the city, and Qizhou City also consumed a large number of arrows after these few days of stubborn defense, and now there are indeed not many arrows in the city, without arrows, the bow and crossbow will lose its effect, and the next siege will no longer be able to suppress the archers of the officers and soldiers, and can no longer attack the officers and soldiers who climb the city wall from a distance, and can only wait for the officers and soldiers to climb the city wall and then start hand-to-hand combat with them, and the pressure of defending the city has suddenly increased a lot.

"Tell the soldiers, hold on, as long as you hold on for another half a day, our reinforcements will arrive!" Zheng Fei encouraged everyone, "At the same time, while the enemy has not yet attacked, immediately open the city gate and go to the city to pick up arrows, and pick up as many arrows as you can." ”

"Commander, please rest assured, the morale of the soldiers is still strong, we ......," Shi Jin was making a statement, but he stopped in the middle of speaking, only to see him look behind Zheng Fei, and his face was also full of inexplicable consternation,

Zheng Fei was startled and immediately turned around and looked back, only to see a bunch of things suddenly shooting up from the catapult in front of the enemy camp and coming straight to this side, the pile of things was round, and it was still shining under the sun, it was not a big stone at all,

Is that......? Zheng Fei was ...... in doubt,

"No, it's a firearm!" Lu Zhishen shouted, he had seen the power of this kind of thing when he was in Weizhou in the Western Army before, he stretched out his big hand and pressed Zheng Fei and a few people to the ground hard, and at the same time yelled around, "Lie down!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the pile of firearms that fell from the sky had already whistling down on the city walls and inside the city, and then I heard explosions one after another, thick smoke billowed out, and panicked screams erupted.

Zheng Fei's heart suddenly trembled, because he clearly saw that there were several large firearms that were facing the ...... impartially Hu Sanniang flew in the direction of the house where she was resting! He suddenly got up and ran to the battlement to look into the city, and the room was like a falling ice kiln, his blood was coagulated, and his face was like a white ......!

That room is ...... Caught in the fire!

Zheng Fei suddenly rushed down as if he was crazy, but he was pressed to the ground by Lu Zhishen again, and then he heard a loud noise, and the city body under him seemed to shake.

Zheng Fei coughed twice and turned around to take a look, fortunately, Lu Zhishen was fine, he glanced at Lu Zhishen gratefully, and he was also awakened by this thunderbolt, he got up and looked at the house again, only to see that the house had completely collapsed, and the people inside had absolutely no way ......to live! Tears flowed out uncontrollably in an instant, blaming herself, she shouldn't have let her go down to rest ......!

"Commander, what should we do?!" Shi Jin's roar sounded beside him,

Zheng Fei gritted his steel teeth, raised his sleeves and wiped away a handful of tears, now is not the time to cry, although she went, there are still soldiers and people in the city waiting for her orders, Zheng Fei, you can't mess around, you have to be strong, you have to be calm!

Zheng Fei then stood up, stared at the bloodshot eyes and looked around, only to see that many soldiers on the city wall had fallen to the ground, covered with iron sheets, wailing non-stop, the houses in the city were on fire, and the yellow smoke was flying in many places, and the people around him were rolling and coughing in the thick smoke, and the smoke was poisonous smoke at a glance!

Zheng Fei roared heartbreakingly, "Commander Lu, Shi Jin, Pang Wanchun, and the fourth watch, immediately send the order down, and those who are not injured will immediately treat the wounded and move to a sturdy building with them." Organize the people, if the fire can be saved, then save, if it can't be saved, don't save it, first find a place to avoid firearms attacks! If you have to go around the place where there is poisonous gas, you really can't do it, you have to hold your breath and pass through. Then bring in all the reserves, don't go to the city yet, the enemy will stop the firearms attack before the attack, and then go up to the city to fight! ”

"Yes!" A few people left in response, and the order was quickly passed on, and the soldiers and civilians of Qizhou City quickly began to organize themselves to save themselves, at this time, the well-trained Tiandao Army played an important role again, although there were heavy losses under this round of firearms attacks, but once there was an order, they naturally carried out the order immediately without doubt.

After Zheng Fei came to the battlement, he looked at the large camp of officers and soldiers in the distance, gritted his steel teeth, and was furious!

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Watching many firearms accurately fall on and in Qizhou City, looking at the billowing black smoke rising from the city, listening to the screams and wails on Qizhou City, the Western Army cheered up and down!

Liu Fa also finally let out a long breath, and felt a little relieved in his heart, although these firearms were extremely distressing to him, although they could not be used on the Western Xia army, which he wanted to use most on his old enemy, the Xixia army, but it was still worth it, the Liangshan bandits in Qizhou City were already in chaos, and the next siege would be much smoother!

But at the same time, he still felt a trace of sadness, the imperial court has such a powerful weapon, why can't it be mass-produced to equip the army? If the Western Army could have more qualified firearms in their hands, how many casualties should the soldiers reduce in the battle with the Western Xia!

"Pass my orders, siege the city!" Liu Fa waved his hand to dispel the bitterness in his heart, he understood that this was not something he could control, in the final analysis, he was just a chess piece in the hands of those bigwigs in the court, and the most important thing now was to successfully exterminate the thieves and regain the lost territory!

There were less than 40,000 soldiers of the Western Army who flocked to Qizhou City like a tide again, and the walls of Qizhou City were silent at first, but when they came to the city, they suddenly heard the killing on the city wall, and countless Heavenly Dao Army soldiers reappeared, shooting the last batch of arrows in their hands with soul-breaking crossbows and black lacquer bows, with the heroic spirit and anger of their just dead comrades, and flew towards the officers and soldiers with a roar!

In the distance, Liu Fa's face was shocked, he stood up abruptly and looked at Qizhou City in a daze, how could this be? ! Why does the thief's momentum seem even better than just now?! Don't...... The firearm attack just now not only did not destroy their confidence, but only boosted their fighting spirit even more?! Oh my God, what kind of army is this?!

No, we can't let the thieves' momentum rise again, we must completely suppress them! Liu Fa reacted, grabbed the herald and said hurriedly, "Go and inform the Hebei Army, just say that it is my order and want them to enter the battlefield immediately!" "There are still 30,000 people in the Hebei army, and if those 30,000 people also participate in the war, the formation of nearly 70,000 people will definitely be able to crush the thieves!

The herald was about to leave, but Liu Fa suddenly stopped him, only to see Liu Fa's face sinking as if he had made a decision, he said coldly, "Tell them that now is not the time to make a small calculation, they can't take Qizhou, even if I am punished, I will drag them into the water if I live or die!" ”

The herald was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and once again took the order to turn around and run away.

Liu Fa looked at Qizhou City and couldn't help clenching his fists.