Hu Ying didn't want to take a step and walked towards the north city tower, but there was a muffled thunder after a few steps, this time she leaned against the wall first, and sure enough, the city tower under her feet trembled again.

At this moment, Hu Ying can already conclude that this must be the power of artillery!

"Quick! Tell His Majesty Emperor Ming in the south of the city about this! Tell Your Majesty that I, Hu Ying, will go to the city tower first to defend against the enemy! ”

The soldiers hurriedly led the order to go down to the city tower to find horses and run to the south of the city without mentioning, here Hu Ying ran and shouted: "All crossbowmen, follow me to the city tower!" ”

Dawn is approaching, and the sky is gray, and it is difficult to distinguish between night and day.

Damn, the Imulans would have chosen such a moment to attack the city!

When Hu Ying arrived at the city tower, there was already black smoke rising from the city, and she hurriedly looked down from the high city wall.

I saw that the roaring artillery smashed on the thick city wall, and several black craters had been smashed, but fortunately, the north wall of Linzhou City was very strong, and it only damaged some fur on the surface, and did not hurt the roots.

Hu Ying looked into the distance again, and the five huge artillery carts were far apart, at least avoiding the range of the crossbowmen, obviously taking precautions.

However, the power of the artillery thrown at such a range was indeed reduced a lot, and some of the artillery could not even reach the city wall, so they could only be smashed on the ground.

Hu Ying was a little surprised, she knew that the artillery car was no better than the crossbowman, and the ammunition consumption was huge, and if she continued to fight like this, she would run out of ammunition and food in less than half an hour. Didn't the Imulans estimate this?

She gestured and ordered: "Since I can't shoot them, then let them go, I want to see how long they can hold this way of playing." ”

On both sides of the tower, there are watchtowers, and the report of the battle is always transmitted to the city.

By this time it was getting brighter and brighter, and the sentry soldier watched for a while and then passed on.

"Report to the general, from the corner tower, the enemy army is about 2,000 people, with a total of 20 artillery vehicles."

Hu Yingqi said: "Twenty? But only five cars came out? Why is that? ”

With only 2,000 people, they want to break through the city wall of my Linzhou, isn't it a fool's dream?

Hu Ying's instinct told him that it was not that simple.

After a while, the five giant artillery wagons stopped together, and the battlefield was suddenly much quieter.

Hu Ying looked around, only to see that the five artillery vehicles slowly retreated to the rear, and another five artillery vehicles came up.

"I see...... The Imulans are trying to come to the wheel war! ”

Hu Ying clapped his fists and couldn't help but scold: "The artillery car is slow to replace ammunition, they want to take turns to bombard!" As soon as the words fell, news came from the corner tower.

"Report to the general, all the artillery in the place has hit the left side of the city wall!"

Hu Ying saw it, and sure enough, the five newly replaced artillery carriages turned in one direction and aimed their heads at the city wall on the left. She looked at the wall again, and the craters there were obviously more and deeper than elsewhere.

That's amazing.

No matter how strong the walls of Linzhou City were, there was no way to resist all the artillery from Imulan at a certain point. Obviously, the Imulans had a plan to carve a hole in the wall!

Hu Ying was shocked in his heart, he couldn't shoot again, he couldn't prevent it, if he went out of the city to fight, he couldn't guarantee whether the artillery battalion would just come to lure the enemy, in case there was a large number of Imulan's Chinese troops behind, the consequences would be unimaginable.

She couldn't help but shout, "Where are the heralds? ”

A soldier hurried over in disgrace.

"Hasn't there been any news from Your Majesty?"

"Not yet!"

Hu Ying panicked...... This Ming Emperor came to Linzhou City, saying that he was supervising the war, why didn't he show up for a long time, and he didn't even give an order?

As the clock ticked by, Imulan's cannons were slamming down on the middle of the left wall, which was now sunken in a large pit with a radius of two or three feet, and the pit was scorched and black, and there was still a little spark smoldering.

This is not an ordinary artillery, it must have been mixed with some special gunpowder to blow up the stone brick wall and keep burning for a while!

Suddenly, five artillery wagons stopped shelling and retreated to the rear, followed by five more wheels.

Hu Ying's heart almost jumped out of his throat.

Your Majesty...... Your Majesty! What the hell are you doing now?

At this moment, a herald ran from under the castle tower and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order!" ”

Hu Ying's spirits were lifted, and he hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Hu Ying is here to take the order!" ”

"Your Majesty has an order, and you have learned about the artillery bombardment in the north of the city, and now you are sending reinforcements, but the artillery can be broken, and General Hu Ying should be in command of the good students, so don't be entrusted by me!"

Hu Ying was overjoyed and asked, "Your Majesty really has a strange strategy!" Where are the reinforcements now? ”

"It's downstairs, climbing the tower."

"Good, good, good!" Hu Ying was relieved at this time, and couldn't help but ask again: "What kind of soldiers did Your Majesty send?" Is it a crossbowman? ”

At such a distance, it is not known that His Majesty may have prepared a strong crossbowman with an extraordinary range.

"Not a crossbowman."

Hu Ying was stunned for a moment and asked, "That's ...... Heavily armored slingers? ”

Perhaps the Ming Emperor felt that the city wall was difficult to defend, and when the wall was broken, he used heavy armor to protect the gap, and then retreated to the enemy with falling rocks.

"Not a heavy slinger."

Hu Ying felt more and more dizzy, and asked with a smile: "What kind of soldier is that?" This is on top of the city tower, is it possible that His Majesty is going to send cavalry over? ”

"Yes...... Water Dragons. ”

Hu Ying almost fainted.

The water dragon soldiers, the name is good, but they are soldiers used to extinguish fires in ordinary cities. He is called a soldier, but he never goes to battle, and he has always only sprayed around with a large water pipe when the city is on fire.

The east city gate retreats from the enemy with a military band, and the north city gate uses water dragon soldiers? What does this do?

His Majesty the Ming Emperor...... Which one is this singing? Are you planning to wait for the artillery to finish and extinguish the fire?

When Hu Ying was crying out in his heart, a bunch of water dragon soldiers had already climbed up the city tower with a round and thick leather water pipe.

These soldiers were obviously prepared, and when they saw Hu Yingdu, they only gave a slight salute, and hurried to the edge of the city tower. Only then did Hu Ying realize that there were only fifty or sixty people when the ordinary water dragon soldiers were dispatched, but in an instant, there were already hundreds of people in the city tower.

One of the leaders, dressed in a thousand household uniforms, seemed to be the commander of this group of soldiers. He said solemnly to Hu Ying: "There are not too many people standing on the city tower, and I hope that the general will assist us and others, and order all the crossbowmen to withdraw from the city tower." ”

There are more than 200 water dragon soldiers in front of you, and you still want to go?

Hu Ying suddenly felt that these soldiers sent by the Ming Emperor were not simple, and immediately gave an order:

"Everyone and others, except for the soldiers on the lookout, all of them have withdrawn from the castle tower!"

In a short time, the gray-yellow crossbowmen on the castle tower had been replaced by all water dragon soldiers. Hu Yingzheng was surprised, only to hear the flag in the hands of the thousand households led by him, and shouted: "Water dragon! Into the clouds! ”

I only heard a group of people downstairs in the city respond and shout:

"Step!"

Hu Ying could clearly feel the dull sound of water flowing under the city tower, like a beast roaring, endlessly. Suddenly, she saw that the hundreds of water pipes that had been dragged up the tower were all bulging, apparently full of water.

The thousand households waved the flag and shouted: "Water dragon! Vacated! ”

The water dragon soldiers on the city tower also responded in unison:

"Okay!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw hundreds of water exercises spraying out of the water pipe, and for a while, the sky was covered with white mist, like a downpour, and the sound of water was in an uproar!

Hu Ying had never seen so many water dragons spraying together, let alone expected to see such a scene on the battlefield, and when she was stunned, Qianhu waved the flag again: "Vermilion Bird, forty-seven, southeast, twenty-six." ”

The crowd answered:

"Gather!"

In an instant, all the faucets turned to one of the artillery carts in unison, and hundreds of water drills suddenly gathered together, twisting into a stream of water dragons and biting forward like living creatures.

Hu Ying felt that the scene in front of him was incredible.

She had seen the water dragon soldiers extinguish the fire many times, but never before had she seen a water pipe shoot as much and as far as she saw in front of her.

She couldn't help but ask the thousand households: "How can the power of this water dragon be so great?" ”

The thousand households looked into the distance intently, and replied without looking back: "This is a thousand-step water dragon specially built by Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry for His Majesty, as far and near as it is now, and it is not a problem to be separated by three hundred steps!" ”

Lu Shangshu! Hu Ying nodded again and again, I see!

This Lu Qiusheng is the master of the Bihai Kingdom, and there are countless strange and ingenious things that he has created in the Lu family's generations, no wonder His Majesty is confident and does not even show his face, it turns out that he has already prepared such strange things.

Hu Ying watched as the water dragon poured one of the artillery carts thoroughly, and the soldiers who were loading the carts were also washed down by the water, and the speed of firing the cannons slowed down a lot for a while.

She looked at it, and felt that something was wrong, although the momentum of the water dragon was fierce, it was just water, and when it rushed into the car, it crashed into a piece of water and scattered, and it seemed that it could not damage the gun car.

However, the thousand households still persistently commanded the water dragon to concentrate on spraying the artillery car.

"This ...... Does it really work? Hu Ying couldn't help but ask again.

"Don't worry, general, we'll see later." Chiho seems to be very determined.

Sure enough, after a while, Hu Ying noticed that the artillery car was slowly getting slower and slower, and finally stopped, while the other four vehicles that were bombarded together were still projecting.

"This is ......" Hu Ying's eyes widened and she looked carefully, and suddenly she understood.

Those water dragons did not spray at random, but specifically picked the junction of the artillery cart structure to aim, although the water flow was not lethal, but in this cold winter when the water turned into ice, the junction of the activity was soon stuck by the ice formed by the water flow! Once the artillery car is stuck, it can no longer project artillery, and naturally it becomes a pile of waste.

Seeing that an artillery car had been killed, Qianhu turned the flag in his hand again, and shouted: "Xuanwu, nineteen, southwest thirty-six!" ”

The crowd replied, "Gather! ”

Hu Ying recalled at this time that she had heard people say that in the password of the water dragon soldiers, Xuanwu Vermilion Bird, or southeast, northwest, refers to the angle at which the faucet is adjusted up and down, left and right.