Chapter 35: Counterattack

As soon as the words fell, several large stones fell from the sky, one of them fell under the city, and two fell into the city, and only two of them really hit the city wall, and only one fell into the battlements.

Although there was only one piece, after this piece was smashed, a small part of the battlements were smashed, and several Huashan Army soldiers behind were either killed or wounded. Seeing the power of this trebuchet, the soldiers on the city wall all gasped.

"Be hidden, protect yourself! Wait for the opponent's attack to end! Li Xin repeated the order again. So, everyone looked for a place to hide, and at the same time used shields to defend themselves.

In the first round just now, it was obviously not accurate, perhaps it was in the process of test firing. In the next few rounds, the stones were much more accurate. This Huayin county has been in disrepair for a long time, although the Huashan army has undergone emergency repair and reinforcement after occupation, but it is only carried out on the original foundation, and it is impossible to rebuild a male city. In this way, although the trebuchets of Fu Qinjun are not very large, and the stones thrown over are not particularly large, the effect achieved is very good.

"It's hateful, if you let them attack like this, I'm afraid that the city wall will really be broken!" On the other side, Zhou Tong quickly ran in front of Li Xin and said hurriedly.

"Don't worry, judging from the other party's offensive, I'm afraid that there are not many trebuchets, and besides, it should have just been made. Otherwise, they should have used it when they first attacked the city! This method of siege can't last, let's wait until they stop! By the way, you go down and tell the old horse to push out our things, ready to use them at any time! Li Xin didn't have much worry, and after looking at the situation outside the city, he said to him.

"Gotcha!" As soon as he heard this, Zhou Tong immediately became happy, and ran down the city without saying a word.

Every time the enemy's trebuchet is launched, there must be some time pause, and this time is the best time for Li Xin to observe the enemy army. There was a constant rumbling sound above the city, and from time to time stones fell into the city, smashing down the houses. Fortunately, the people who were close to the city wall had already moved away.

"Well, the effect of this trebuchet is really good! General Dong, you see, those thieves in the city have been suppressed so much that they can't raise their heads. The city wall has also collapsed a lot, and with just a few more rounds, we can attack the city! Zhu Lin said, quite proud in his heart.

"Alas, if we knew that this thing works so well, we should have prepared it when we first came! Now our morale is boosted, and it is time to attack the city! Dong Xiu was obviously quite satisfied, and at this time he regretted that he didn't bring it earlier.

"Bang", just when the two of them were happy, there was a sound next to them, and the two followed the reputation, only to find that there was a trebuchet that fell apart, obviously using it too hard.

"If you don't have something, hurry up and fix it for me, if you delay this siege, you won't be spared!" Seeing this scene, Zhu Lin almost died of anger, and immediately scolded.

Looking back at Dong Xiu beside him, he also had a helpless look on his face when he saw him, obviously, the two of them had nothing to do about these hurried trebuchets. After more than a dozen rounds of bombardment with trebuchets, all the trebuchets in their hands were finally reimbursed. At this time, the west city wall of Huayin has been destroyed a lot.

"The enemy's trebuchet is useless, everyone prepare, the enemy is coming!" Li Xin observed for a while, and after confirming that no stones were flying again, he immediately reminded.

So, the soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly took action and cleaned up the surroundings first, especially carrying the wounded aside and sending them for treatment. And he himself stood under the battlements and began to defend.

"Zhou Tong, what's going on over there?" Li Xin beckoned, called Zhou Tong over, and asked.

"Everything is ready, just waiting for you to speak!" Zhou Tong hurriedly replied.

"Okay, tell them to act as soon as I give the order!" Li Xin nodded and instructed.

Soon, the enemy shouted again and rushed forward, and by this time it was already a little dark. Groups of enemy troops swarmed to the city and, as on the previous two occasions, began to siege the city. At the same time, Li Xin had a torch lit on a corner of the city.

In the night, more than ten miles away from Huayin City, there were suddenly some sounds at this time. Originally in the deserted mountains, suddenly a mysterious black shadow appeared, after this black shadow appeared, first looked around, and after seeing that there was no danger, it made a few bird calls, and the next moment, more figures came out of the grass and trees.

"Brothers, the general's side has signaled that it's time for us to act. In this operation, there is only success and no failure. As long as we succeed, Huayin City will be saved, and we won't have to shrink in Huayin City anymore! Let's go! The mysterious black shadow that came out first finally revealed his true face at this time, and it was Tu Qi who often followed Li Xin's side.

A group of about two hundred people followed him and ran quickly into the distance, but their direction was not Huayin City, but the direction of Fuxi County on the other side. Half an hour later, they quietly came to the edge of Weishui, and when they looked around, they saw that there were hundreds of ferries of all kinds on the shore. There are still some people patrolling back and forth on the shore, and it looks like an errand officer from Fuxi County.

"Brothers, do it!" After Tu Qi looked at it carefully for a while, he waved his hand back, and suddenly, the group quickly approached the ferries.

Soon, there were a few slight screams from the shore, and there was no movement. At this time, Tu Qi and the others had already gotten on the ferry separately and began to act quietly. I saw that they were all holding chisels and hammers, and they began to dig holes in these boats, but fortunately the water by the river was very loud, otherwise the sound would have been heard.

Those Qin soldiers probably never imagined that such a thing would happen, after all, in their opinion, if the thieves in Huayin City came out, they would not be able to ask for it. If they thought that there would be such a scene, they would definitely defend this place with heavy troops.

It didn't take long for Tu Qi to retreat with his people, these ferries looked fine, but in fact, they were already slowly starting to enter the water. As long as the time comes, it will inevitably all sink. When the time comes, those Qin soldiers who have crossed the shore will have no way to retreat.

After doing this, Tu Qi did not leave immediately, but took people to hide not far from the mooring of the ferry and quietly watched, so as not to be discovered and fall short. At the same time, he also asked people to pay close attention to the situation at the other end of Huayin City.

At this time, on Huayin City, the fierce battle started again, after a day's rest, the Huashan army was in good spirits, and it had already been experienced, so there was no fear of the enemy's siege at all.

"General, it seems that most of the enemies have already gathered under the city!" After killing another enemy soldier, a soldier next to him said to Li Xin.

"Okay, go tell Lao Ma that it's time for him to exert his might!" Li Xin looked at it, and sure enough, he immediately said.

Outside the city, Zhu Lin and Dong Xiu were looking forward to taking Huayin City at this time, and then going to rest in the city. Seeing that the battle at the top of the city was raging, they didn't seem to feel that this possibility was slowly decreasing.

"Boom" woke up the sweet dream of the two people.

"What sound? Where did it come from? Zhu Lin said angrily, hurriedly looked around, and in the end, he found something wrong in the left front. Because the soldiers there were missing a piece out of thin air, and above the place where the soldiers were originally standing, there was only one big stone left at this time.

"Boom, boom, boom" sounded several times one after another, and one after another big stones fell from the sky and fell into the military formation.

"This—this is a trebuchet! Those anti-thieves also have trebuchets!? Seeing such a scene, even the most stupid person understands what is happening, especially if he has just used this trick.

Such a sudden sudden moment immediately stunned Zhu Lin and those Di Qin soldiers, who were originally like a rainbow attacking the city, after being smashed a few times in a row, they were suddenly frightened and began to retreat like a tide. There was a sudden sound of ghosts crying and wolf howls under the city, and those Qin soldiers only hated their father and mother for giving birth to two fewer legs for themselves, and they couldn't run away at all.

In fact, the trebuchet is the right way to use it to siege the city, and if it is used to deal with the military formation, although it can also kill the enemy, the effect is not particularly great. The real effect lies in the blow to the morale of the enemy and the impact on their hearts.

At this time, there were not many stones falling in the city, and not many people died under the stones, but where could I see clearly in the darkness, I heard the loud scream. Under the situation that the city could not be defended, a Qin soldier retreated, which immediately led to a big rout, even if Zhu Lin and Dong Xiu tried their best to stop it, it had no effect.

Li Xin stood at the head of the city, staring at the outside of the city, while informing the city of the results of the battle, and guiding the trebuchet to continue to extend and pursue the enemy. After he built this trebuchet, he carried out several drills, and in many places outside the city, Li Xin had already been calibrated, otherwise where would there be such accuracy.

"Good! Pass the order to go down, go out of the city and fight, and destroy the defeated army! Li Xin looked at it for a while, and after confirming that the enemy's retreat was unstoppable, he gave an order in a deep voice. When the army at the head of the city heard the word defeated army, they immediately cheered loudly, picked up the weapons in their hands and followed behind Li Xin and Zhou Tong, and ran towards the city.