Chapter 25: The Moonlit Night Raids

In five days, all the kicking passages in the direction of Tianchu in the Tiger Prison Pass have been destroyed, while the kicking passages in the direction of Dayan have been initially established, and there are no obstacles to the upper and lower city walls.

And on the city gate tower, fifty oversized siege crossbows have been installed and debugged properly, although the name siege crossbow, but regardless of attack and defense, can be used, due to the large weight, difficult to move, the effect of defending the city is better, a siege crossbow needs two strong men to work together to get on the machine spring, and then by a trained shooter aimed at the target and fired, the crossbow arrow is close to the size of an ordinary spear, the power is huge, the effective lethality can reach 1,500 steps, can be in the army, behead the enemy's life.

The rear is set up fifty Tianlei chariots, which is improved by Dugu Boyan on the basis of the catapult, the projection distance is farther, the most important thing is the Tianlei fire bomb invented by it, the porcelain fired by a special process, spherical, hollow inside, filled with fire oil, sealed, equipped with a lead, placed on the sky thunder chariot to launch, when falling into the enemy formation, the internal fire oil burns violently, the fire bomb explodes, the surrounding air waves roll, fragments splash, the fire rags, such as the sky thunder and fire, the lethality is extremely strong, so the name is the sky thunder fire bomb.

However, there is a fatal flaw in the Tianlei fire bomb, that is, it is very difficult to manufacture, the output is low, and it is easy to explode, and it is difficult to transport. Therefore, although fifty Heavenly Thunder Chariots have been erected on the head of the Tiger Prison Pass, there are only a hundred Heavenly Thunder Fire Bombs. Of course, there will be additional ones that will be shipped in the future.

Then on the city wall, hundreds of Tiangong crossbows are lined up, as a rapid medium and long-range firepower output, the power is equivalent to that of ordinary bows and arrows, but the emphasis is on simple operation, fast firing speed, more than three times that of ordinary bows and arrows, and extremely effective when striking indiscriminately.

In the main camp tent of the Great Yan Army under the city, Qin Tian, Prince Yun and all the important generals gathered together to discuss the deployment of the Tiger Prison Pass, plus the 30,000 cavalry that Prince Yun rushed to help, there are currently 70,000 Great Yan troops in the Tiger Prison Pass, including 10,000 Flame Army. There are still 130,000 Zhenwei troops that are close to the nearest place, and it is estimated that they will be able to arrive in two days. When the time comes, there will be 200,000 troops stationed, and basically there will be no big problem.

But before that, if the main force of the Tianchu army began to attack the city, then these 70,000 people would still be a bit less. At present, the Tianchu army has rushed to the city, so whether the main force of the Tianchu army can arrive within these two days is very important, of course, these reasons are difficult to know.

It was night, and the branches on the moon were no longer as hot as the day, but the air was still filled with a trace of heat. In the sound of frogs, Xiang Tianxiao's vanguard troops ran long distances for a day, and after dinner, the soldiers who did not need to be on duty fell asleep.

Xiang Tianxiao's march and battle were also based on a momentum, so he didn't plan too much, but just emphasized to the generals that tomorrow's siege of the city is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and everyone must maintain their spirits and recapture the Tiger Prison Pass tomorrow.

And in the midst of the cicadas, the Flame Army, draped into battle, is ready to go. The gate of the Tiger Prison was quietly opened, and the newly renovated gate did not make a sound. Horse's hooves are shrouded, there is no galloping, strolling and walking, as if taking a walk in the shade, people do not speak, horses do not sing, although there are many, but silent. It was like a vigorous and powerful hand, taking advantage of the moonlight, quietly touching the Tianchu military camp.

The tired Tianchu army was still sleeping, and the hooves of the Flame Army were approaching. Ten miles, eight miles, five miles, three miles, finally, under the misty moonlight, the Tianchu sentinels saw clearly the black oppressive figure sensational, "Dangdang 、、、 enemy attack, enemy attack 、、、、" A series of rapid gongs and shouts suddenly sounded, suddenly breaking the silence of this moonlit night.

The crisp sound of the gong was like the secret cry of the Flame Army, and at the moment it sounded, the war horses in the Flame Army neighed, and all the soldiers suddenly galloped wildly.

Xiang Tianxiao's military camp was full of complaints, shouts, and curses, although he heard the warning, but in the land of three miles, how much time can he have to prepare?

The enemy army can reach in the blink of an eye, and the enemy army that rushes over seems to be faster, this eye has not blinked, the men and horses have not arrived, and the crossbow arrows have arrived first. The rain of arrows fell all over the sky, like the twinkling stars in the sky, with a slight cold light.

It was once said that everyone has their own destiny star living in the night sky, and when a person dies, this destiny star will also fall. At this time, it was as if the star in the night sky fell first and then took the person's life.

Suddenly, the already boiling camp became even more noisy and chaotic, and Xiang Tianxiao had 10,000 alpaca beasts running wild in his heart at this time, why don't you talk about the rules? How can there be any reason to go to war without declaring it? We didn't even go to attack the city at night, why did you come out to attack the city, what kind of hero are you?

However, no one cared what he thought, the crossbow arrows still kept falling, and the heavy cavalry in front had broken through the horse rejection stakes in front of the camp, heavy iron hooves, ruthless spears, were constantly harvesting the lives of Tianchu soldiers, and many people, even the war horses had not been found, they were already in a different place, which can be described as extremely aggrieved.

The so-called noble soldier is fast, Qin Tian attaches great importance to speed, so the first thing he created was such a fast-moving cavalry, not infantry. He just wants to attack quickly with lightning speed and defeat the enemy.

It's not bad to fight steadily, but the consumption is even greater, time, energy, materials, etc., in the long run, the consumption in all aspects is definitely greater than the cost of this flaming army built with huge sums of money. Thinking about Qin Tian's recent achievements, they were all quick victories, and they were unprepared to attack them unprepared.

The heavy cavalry battalion and the spear cavalry battalion are still killing wantonly, Xiang Tianxiao has been fighting with Mu Rupingchuan, a double hammer against a flame iron spear, heavy against heavy, brave against brave, the two of you come and go, and the battle is very happy.

Xiang Tianxiao has always been known for his fierceness, and his style is more similar to that of his cousin Xiang Tianba. And within Tianchu, those who can be overpowered, except for Xiang Tianba, it is difficult to have an opponent.

It's not that Xiang Tianba and Xiang Tianxiao are martial arts champions and Tianchu, but in terms of strength and hard skills, they are rare opponents. At this time, when he met Mu Rupingchuan, although he was young, his strength was not ambiguous at all, compared to Xiang Tianxiao, and he was even better. Although the battlefield is an enemy, it does not affect their sympathy for each other.

Mu Ru rode heavily, without Mu Ru Pingchuan's command, he was still on a rampage slaughtering; And the Tianchu army was already in a hurry to respond to the battle, and there was no main general to command, so they could only fight on their own, like a plate of scattered sand.

The two fought for 50 rounds without a victory, and Helian couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked off an enemy general with one shot and urged the horse to come to help.

It was a stalemate, because of the addition of Helian, the two heroes fought a tiger, and the situation turned around. In this regard, he was extremely unconvinced, firstly, he was not convinced by the sneak attack of the Great Yan in the dark night, and secondly, he was not convinced that the two of them were bullied by more. Helian sneered, and only replied with five words, "Becoming a king and defeating Ko'er".

The Lord will be captured, and how will the rebel army win? They just fled in all directions.