This time the invasion of the Fusang army can be described as menacing and well-prepared, although Zhang Fan, who had only listened to the battle report in Yangzhou City before, had been thinking about it for a long time, but imagination was always imagination, and when he had not seen the enemy, everything he thought about was empty words.

However, now, the real enemy has appeared in front of him, and the shock is naturally great.

The people who defended on the edge of the castle tower were not all people like Wang Meng who had martial arts and had been on the battlefield for a long time, so there were many Fusang soldiers in heavy armor who were lying on the top of the siege ladder and were directly supported to the castle tower by the people below, but fortunately, although this group of Fusang troops was completely prepared, but I don't know if it was because Fuso was not rich or Ashikaga Yoshiaki himself lacked funds, there were not many Fuso soldiers who were wearing heavy armor all over their bodies, and there were more than ten of them who attacked the castle tower. Most of the people who climbed up below were ordinary swords wearing rattan armor.

But even so, there is still chaos on the city tower today, although these Fusang soldiers who attacked are about the same age as these defender soldiers who are guarding Yangzhou City here, and some are even younger, but these Fusang soldiers can be said to be experienced in a hundred battles, compared to these soldiers living in the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains, the training is the same, but the actual combat experience of these Fusang soldiers is not half a star higher than them.

Moreover, the most important point is that these Fusang soldiers don't know what thoughts have been infused by others, all of them are not afraid of death, and some don't care about death at all, there are countless wounds on their bodies, bleeding endlessly, but they don't seem to feel pain at all, and they still rush over with a fanatical shout of Fusang's words, if it weren't for some wounds that made them unable to move, the defenders on the city tower almost thought that these people were invulnerable.

Finally, after an hour of fighting, these Fusang soldiers who rushed to the city tower were annihilated, but this side paid twice the price of the place, and this depended on whether there were people behind them who had been resisting the defenders along the side of the city tower, otherwise the city tower might have been breached.

The Fusang people didn't know if it was a coincidence or where they got the information, but the length of the siege ladders was very clever, just enough to reach the castle tower, but not too high, so that the soldiers defending the city had no way to knock down those ladders, and the Fusang soldiers who climbed up below could also climb the castle tower.

There are still Fusang soldiers climbing up the city, and the current situation does not allow the people on the castle tower to have any time to breathe.

"Ascend to me," shouted the general of the garrison on the tower to the recruited people standing at the staircase.

Suddenly, many people were agitated, some were carrying knives, some were running directly towards the place where the large stone piles were piled up on the edge of the tower, while some did not come forward, either sat on the ground, or turned their heads and ran down the tower.

"My lord, it seems that some people have the heart to help, but they don't have the guts," Liang Chao waved his knife and cut off an arrow that came from him, although he was talking to Zhang Fan, his face was always looking ahead, always on guard, "It's better to be an adult, otherwise let those who are timid and afraid come up, not only can't help, but also drag others down,"

Liang Chao was talking about the scene just now, before, when the enemy's siege ladder reached the city, Zhang Fan asked people to call the militia recruited from the city to the city tower, but he didn't immediately let them join the battle, but let them watch from the entrance.

This is precisely to prevent the situation just now, in case the recruited people go up to the castle tower without knowing it, but when they are defending against the enemies who climb up, they can't stand their desperate appearance and are frightened, then it is very likely that they will drag down other people, after all, the combat methods of these Fuso soldiers are even unbearable to the regular soldiers trained on the castle tower, not to mention these ordinary people who have never seen such a bloody scene before.

However, Zhang Fan did this just in case, he didn't mean to belittle these people, after all, defending the land and defending against foreign enemies is a matter for the country and the army, as long as the people can let them live in peace and security, if it is really like Tatar or Fusang, then it means that there is a problem in this country.

With the help of many recruited people, the pressure on the defenders on the city tower was suddenly reduced a lot, after all, the siege ladders erected by the Fusang army under the city were only more than ten times, compared to the hundreds of defenders on the city tower and the people who came to support, as well as the big stones that kept throwing down at that moment, the guards on the city can be said to be very strong, and hundreds of people can deal with a wave of attacks with only more than ten people, it is not easy to capture.

However, the Fuso generals and soldiers who are besieging the city below are not fools, they naturally know this situation, if so, now there are people climbing up the long ladder, and the people below are constantly shooting arrows at the castle tower, hindering the defenders on the castle tower, but the consequence of their practice is that from time to time their own people will be shot by their own arrows, and then fall down with a scream.

However, this kind of accidental injury is only a few after all, after all, the number of long ladders is so more than ten, and the people who defend the tower, whether it is the recruited people, or those defenders, from time to time someone will be hit by an arrow and fall to the ground, and some are unlucky, and they will be immediately choked when they are shot in the heart and head by an arrow; If you are shot in the body, and the arrows used by the Fuso soldiers are extremely heavy, they will have to struggle for a long time before they die, not to mention how painful it is; And those who were shot in the limbs were lying on the ground one by one, covering their wounds and screaming, but they did not dare to move.

"Hurry up, you two," the general's voice remembered again, this time to the two frightened and weak-footed people, "if you two can't help kill the enemy, then help me carry the wounded people to the bottom of the tower, there are Lang Zhong on the front of the city tower, and let those Lang Zhong treat their injuries,"

Let Lang Zhong be under the city tower, at any time to treat those who have been injured, this method is also proposed by Zhang Fan, after he returned to the Ming Dynasty, although it was not a long time, he also went out with the army a few times, fought a few battles, at this time, the army of the Ming Dynasty is not Lang Zhong who did not have the army, but these so-called Lang Zhong are just some soldiers, just after some simple training, it is okay to deal with external injuries, but it is only some minor injuries, and the treatment is very simple, generally with fire, wrapped in clothThey won't bother with those injuries that are too serious, and they won't be able to heal them.

At that time, Zhang Fan asked people to recruit Lang Zhong in the city and let them wait under the city, and his subordinates knew Zhang Fan's intention when they heard it, so that even if they treated the wounded, they all advised Zhang Fan at that time, after all, these Chinese medicine doctors Lang Zhong was slow to treat the disease, and it was useless to say that there were people injured anytime and anywhere on the battlefield, and if someone was fatally injured, they would either die immediately or struggle for a long time, after all, there were many injuries in this era that doctors could not treat.

However, Zhang Fan is not arbitrary, he has requirements, he only needs those Lang Zhong who are more good at treating external injuries, and the faster the better, and also let them bring enough medicine, let his subordinates tell them that they will give priority to treating those who are more seriously injured, at least to save their lives.

"My lord, the enemy army has finally retreated," Liang Chao shouted happily.

"What," Zhang Fan was stunned when he heard Liang Chao's words, and then, a kind of resurrection-like joy rose in his heart, he walked quickly to the edge of the city tower and looked down, "It's really retreated,"

As the Fusang army under the city was retreating, Zhang Fan's men in front of him also stopped him.

"Could it be that Wang Xiliang found someone in Fusang," Zhang Fan naturally thought of this matter, but he immediately shook his head again, "Impossible, this Wang Xiliang only went to Fusang for seven or eight days, and it will take him four or five days to get to Fusang, even if he just got off the boat and found that person, that person raised troops to deal with Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but it will take five or six days for this news to reach here,"

"My lord, it's really a little strange that the enemy is retreating," Wang Meng on the side looked at the enemy troops under the city who were gradually closing the formation, with a worried expression, and said, "Their offensive just now was really fierce, relying on the rain of arrows that did not hesitate to shoot their own people, plus although we have more people here than just now, but after all, they are ordinary people, not as good as well-trained soldiers, they were almost about to attack just now, but why did they suddenly withdraw the army, there must be something wrong here,"

Wang Meng's words are very reasonable, Zhang Fan is also very clear in his heart, just now he was still sitting motionless in the coach's seat as before, in fact, he was very nervous in his heart, just at that moment, he was ready to even go forward and fight with the enemy.

Now that the enemy army has retreated so suddenly, to be honest, he is really relieved in his heart, but now that his heart has calmed down, coupled with listening to Wang Meng's words just now, Zhang Fan also came back to his senses, and after thinking about it carefully, there is really something wrong here.

Looking out, I could vaguely see a few people on horseback waving in the Fuso army, not knowing what they were doing.

Zhang Fan was wondering, but Wang Meng on the side pressed him to the ground, and his whole body was pressed against Zhang Fan, shouting: "Be careful,"

Zhang Fan only heard these two words, followed by a deafening boom,