Xiangcheng, North Gate.

A dark cloud obscured half of the moon, darkening the night sky.

There were about five or six hundred Song troops on the city tower, leaning crookedly on the battlements one by one, yawning, chatting with each other, and some of them were even snoring.

In the distance, a large black shadow slowly moved over, like a rolling wave, surging closer and closer, and finally stopped three or four hundred steps from the city gate.

The moonlight gradually burst out of the dark clouds, shining coldly on the large black shadow, and it was vaguely visible that it was a large group of soldiers with weapons in their hands, and everyone looked murderous in their eyes, like a ghost from hell.

The one who came was the Liangshan army who came to attack Xiangcheng.

At the front of the army, Song Jiang slowly raised his head, looked at Xiangcheng hundreds of steps away, and then looked at the bright moonlight in the sky, stretched out his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "All lie down!" ”

As the Lingqi was passed layer by layer, more than 10,000 Liangshan elites slowly fell to the ground in turn, like the ebb tide of the river.

Immediately afterwards, a general in armor shouted in a low voice: "Fire and thunder team, out of the ranks!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, five or six men had crawled out of the queue carrying a huge iron bucket, which was full of refined gunpowder.

With a wave of his hand, the leading general led the five or six men carrying iron buckets to slowly crawl in the direction of the city gate. They were all dressed in black helmets and black armor, and the big iron bucket in their hands was also black, and even their faces were wiped with pot ashes, and under the cover of night, it was impossible for the Song soldiers on the city tower to see them clearly.

Seeing that it was only seventy or eighty steps away from the city gate, the leading general showed excitement in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Crawl within fifty steps, and you can directly rush to the city gate to lead the thunder and blast the door." ”

The thunderbolts whispered in response, and one by one they sped up and quickly crawled forward.

Seeing that the thunderbolts in front of him were getting closer and closer to the city gate, the mood of the soldiers of the Liangshan Army who were lying on standby behind them gradually became excited.

A delicate laugh came from Song Jiang's side: "Third Brother Hei, if you break Xiangcheng tonight and catch the fine-skinned and tender-fleshed son of the clan, how about rewarding the little sister as the Zhai Langjun?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, a low laugh rang out all around.

Someone laughed: "It turns out that Sanniang likes little white faces, no wonder I can't look down on reckless heroes like me, Wang Ying's brothers have been chasing for half a year, and they haven't even touched the corners of their clothes, hehe......"

Song Jiang didn't speak, just looked at the thunderbolt who was getting closer and closer to the city gate, and the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Finally, the city gate of the Liangshan Army who threw thunder was only about fifty steps, and the leading general couldn't suppress his excitement and shouted in a low voice: "Rush to the city gate!" ”

When the people received the order, they suddenly rose up, carried a large powder keg, and followed the leading general, and rushed forward with lightning speed, and rushed straight to the city gate.

Puff~

Suddenly, the general at the front leaned forward, and he fell down, no, directly into the ground!

Puff puff puff ~

Before the general in front could let out a scream, the mine-throwers behind him followed closely and fell down with a bucket, and then the screams rang out, and all the mine-throwers were not spared.

Thundered~

With the sound of a series of screams, followed by a thunderous sound on the ground, the ground within a radius of dozens of steps at the gate of the city collapsed, and a large area of dust fell into the huge pit, burying the few thunderbolts.

Woo woo woo~

Just when the Liangshan army outside the city gate was still at a loss, a desolate and distant horn suddenly sounded on the tower of the north gate of Xiangcheng, which broke the silence of the entire night sky, and spread far and far in the night wind.

Immediately afterwards, under the battlements, countless Song army soldiers suddenly poured out, such as Lin's crossbow arrows, set on the battlements, like rain of arrows, aimed at the Liangshan army under the city tower.

The changes in an instant shocked Song Jiang and the others and they were at a loss.

originally thought that this was a surprise attack, and the generals were already eager to try, intending to kill the Song army in one fell swoop, but at this moment, they suddenly saw this change, and they were stunned one by one.

"Retreat, retreat!" Wu Yong was the first to react and shouted in a hissed voice.

This scheming military advisor knew in his heart that the next strategy was the next policy after all, or if the news leaked, the enemy army had already prepared.

Song Jiang woke up like a dream, and immediately jumped up, waving the command flag in his hand: "The whole army retreats, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

The people who came were all the elite of the Liangshan army, all of them were well-trained, and the reaction speed was not slow, and the rear army immediately changed to the front army, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, like a wave, rolled away.

Thundered~

At that moment, in front of them, there was a sudden deafening sound of footsteps, followed by a bright and red fire, which lit up half of the sky.

In the dazzling firelight, thousands of soldiers of the Song army slowly poured towards them.

Looking carefully, it can be seen that the array of the Song army is very strict, and the front is lined with rows of shield soldiers, each holding a large iron shield more than one person high in the left hand, holding a big knife in the right hand, and then there are spearmen holding spears in their hands.

In the middle of the army, a large flag was fluttering high, and the word "Zhao" was written on it.

Looking closely, it can be seen that under the big banner, a slender young man sits tall on an eight-foot-high horse, wearing a white jade hair crown, wearing a purple battle robe, wearing a fiery red cloak behind him, holding a halberd, looking heroic and majestic.

Song Jiang didn't have time to think about it, and roared: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, rush over, and take down the little thief!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the Liangshan Army came to deceive those who came and had few soldiers, and secondly, the generals of the Liangshan Army who were strong in martial arts were all conceited and brave, and when they heard Song Jiang's order, they responded like thunder.

Kill~

Kill~

Kill~

The battle spirit of the Liangshan army was high, one by one like wolves and tigers, and they all rushed towards the Song army blocking the way, without taking the Song army of more than 3,000 people in their eyes at all.

Seeing that the two armies were getting closer and closer, the distance between them was only one hundred and seventy or eighty paces in the blink of an eye, and a fierce battle between the two armies was imminent.

The crossbowmen in the Liangshan army also wound their arrows as they ran, and once they ran within a distance of fifty or sixty paces, they would first come with a rain of arrows to disrupt the enemy's formation.

On the other side, they still maintained a neat queue, moving forward unhurriedly, without paying attention to the more than 10,000 Liangshan elites in front of them.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was less than one hundred and fifty steps, Zhao Hao, who was under the banner, raised his halberd: "Release the arrow!"

With Zhao Hao's imposing sound of shouting, the sound of the clicking crossbow machine was loud, and then a branch poured out like a meteor catching the moon, shooting towards the crossbowmen of the Liangshan Army more than a hundred steps away.

Woohoo!

The rain of arrows covered the sky like locusts.

The Great Song Dynasty has a few horses, and has been fighting with the people on the horse for many years, and the level of bow and crossbow craftsmanship is unparalleled in the world, not to mention the god's arm crossbow that can wear poplar wood three hundred steps away, and the ordinary standard crossbow arrows in the army can still hurt the enemy within one hundred and fifty.

The bows and crossbows in the hands of the Liangshan army were either self-made inferior goods or inferior products captured from the local Xiang army, how could they be compared with the crossbows and arrows deployed by the Jingshi Forbidden Army.

"Woo......" A Liangshan soldier stubbornly covered the crossbow arrow that pierced his throat, and let out a whining roar in his throat, and the weapon in his hand had long been thrown away, and he died of anger after a while.

"Ahh A Liang Shanjun whose chest was pierced screamed miserably, struggling to pull out the long arrow in his chest, but before he could pull it out, another sharp arrow had already hit his eyebrows with a whining sound of breaking through the air, and he fell down without saying a word.

Even so, the Liangshan army still did not slow down the pace of rushing forward, the so-called only three rounds in battle, referring to the bow and arrow, the replacement speed of crossbow arrows is slower, it is good to be able to shoot two.

Once the two rounds of shooting are over, the next will still be a fierce hand-to-hand encounter, and the Liangshan soldiers are overwhelming, and they will inevitably have the upper hand.

However, they were wrong!

The rain of arrows of the Liangshan army in front of them did not stop at all, wave after wave, endlessly.

Wu Yong, who was in the army, finally saw it clearly. The other side turned out to be mainly crossbowmen, except for the first few rows of spearmen and sword and shield soldiers, and the back were all crossbowmen. The crossbowmen were divided into three rows, one row finished shooting, the second row followed closely to shoot, and then the third row continued to shoot, and when the third row of crossbowmen finished shooting, the first row of crossbowmen had already loaded their crossbow arrows and continued to aim at the Liangshan army.

For a while, only the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air could be heard, and there were screams one after another, and the Liangshan army in front fell down in rows, blocked by the crossbow arrows like a series of cannons, and could not get close to a step forward, and the Liangshan army in the back saw that the situation was not good, and they retreated one after another, and the formation was suddenly chaotic.

"Quickly retreat east!" Wu shouted in a hurry.

At this moment, Song Jiang didn't have time to think about it, the handsome flag danced, and the Liangshan army, which had more than a thousand casualties, fled to the east again.

Just as the Liangshan army was desperately fleeing eastward, torches suddenly lit up one after another in the east, and then the entire night sky in the east was lit up.

There are still thousands of Song troops, who have long been ready for battle. The sword and shield soldiers were in front, the spearmen were behind, and then there were large swaths of crossbowmen, the bows and crossbows had been raised high, and the arrows of Sen Ran had been aimed at this side, and when the main general gave the order, they would shoot out a torrential rain of crossbow arrows.

In the eastern army, a gray-haired veteran, holding a broadsword, straddled a horse, stood under the banner, which was embroidered with the word "species".

Megatron Northwest, the Qiang people are famous and the color change of the small species!

"To the west!" Song Jiang roared again.

Wu Yong sighed gloomily: "The general trend has gone, how can the west ambush the army?" ”

Sure enough, as soon as Wu Yong's voice fell, the west side also lit up red, the entire sky was lit up, and the situation on all sides was clear at a glance.

In the north, Zhao Hao personally led the crowd to intercept the retreat of the Liangshan army, in the east was the town of the seed division, and in the west was headed by Yang Keshi, plus the defenders on the city tower in the south, the Liangshan army was like a turtle in the urn, and was attacked on all sides.

At this moment, the invincible Liangshan army that swept through Heshuo, Jingdong, and Jingxi, and Hei Saburo, who had won a hundred battles, finally collapsed completely, the war knife in his hand fell to the ground, and he cried out: "I can't imagine that my main force in Liangshan will be explained here today!" ”