Soon after Wang Ze left, the official army pushed the building cart to the range of the crossbow at the head of the city, when suddenly several military trumpets sounded, and then one or two thousand people stopped at the same time. The sound of the command sounded one after another, and the crossbowmen, the gunners dragging the stone cannons, and the bullock carts dragging the bed crossbows came to the front of the cart. Du Meng saw clearly at the head of the city and immediately ordered the bed crossbow to be fired. One by one, the javelins flew out with the sound of the bang and were neatly inserted in front of the officers and soldiers, but they did not cause any damage to the officers and soldiers.

The battle has been fought for so long, and the range of weapons on both sides has been thoroughly understood by each other. Of course, Li Buqi would not let his troops suffer unnecessary losses. Du Meng had no choice but to scold the enemy for being cunning at the head of the city with the captain.

At this time, I saw that many wheelbarrows were pushed out of the ranks of the officers and soldiers, and they seemed to be running fast with firewood and grass. The lieutenant was surprised: "What is this?" ”

Du Meng hurriedly ordered: "Bed crossbow, crossbowman!" Shoot these cars! ”

Immediately a large number of crossbow arrows flew over, but the officers and soldiers who pushed the cart were covered by the things on the cart in front of them, and there were people holding shields above their heads to cover them, and they were not too threatened, only a few bed crossbows shot at the cart, and the things on the cart and the soldiers on the cart were all smashed to pieces. But there were so many wheelbarrows about a hundred or so that they were arranged in a line that the bed crossbows could not be taken care of, and soon they were pushed to the front of the moat.

At this time, Du Meng wanted to see what the officials and soldiers were going to do. Judging from the shredded car by the bed crossbow, the car was loaded with some firewood and grass, did the officers and soldiers want to attack with fire? It's not enough firewood and grass to burn the city.

Sure enough, the officers and soldiers lit the firewood and grass on the car, but strangely there was not much fire, but thick smoke drifted along the north wind.

Tai Lieutenant, who was also the head of the Xuanyi Army, exclaimed: "The enemy is so cunning! All be on guard against enemy sneak attacks. ”

The small north wind blew unhurriedly, and the water-soaked firewood and grass produced a large amount of black smoke, which drifted with the wind towards the city wall. When it is blocked by the city wall, it rises along the city wall and covers the city head densely. At this time, many soldiers ran to the fire with firewood and grass on their backs, and scattered the damp firewood and grass on the fire, so that the black smoke that enveloped the city became thicker and thicker. As soon as Li Buqi waved his hand, the war drums beat again, and the crossbowmen, artillerymen, and bed crossbows began to advance according to the rhythm of the drums, and a large herd of bullocks dragged the carts slowly followed.

The crossbowman at the front came to an abrupt stop when he came to a white line drawn with lime, wound the crossbow and put the crossbow arrows on the officer's command, and then fired the crossbow arrows according to the scale on the lookout mountain.

The so-called Wangshan is the ruler of ancient times. This thing existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but later it gradually became more and more inferior for various reasons, so the crossbow, which was the backbone of the Central Plains army, basically only had the function of direct aim shooting. But when Li Buqi re-refined the Wangshan re-production, the strong crossbow in the hands of the Han family Erlang once again regained its powerful attributes of warp strikes.

Du Meng, who was at the head of the city, was now as blind as he was, although he knew that the enemy was approaching the city, but he couldn't see anything, who made even the head of the city almost lose his five fingers.

Suddenly, he heard a sound of breaking the air above his head, and he hurriedly shouted through the sackcloth covering his mouth and nose: "Be careful with the bow and crossbow!" ”

After shouting, he rushed under the "war tent" made of thick wooden planks, only to hear the sound of dense rain overhead, and some people who did not have time to hide under the war tent had already let out a miserable scream. Hiding under the battle shed is not 100% safe, with a bang, a javelin shattered the battle shed on Du Meng's head, the broken wood splashed, Du Meng with a helmet was fine, and a small soldier with only Fan Yangli smashed a large piece of wood on his shoulder and screamed in pain.

Du Meng wondered, the black smoke will also block the sight of the officers and soldiers, why did the officers and soldiers shoot so accurately? And listening to the sound of arrows flying from top to bottom, this is a projectile, when did the army of the Great Song Dynasty shoot so accurately?

Before he could figure it out, more than a dozen batches of arrows rained down on the city, and javelins and flying stones continued. The flying stone is not accurate, but in the past, you could see the trajectory of the stone's flight and dodge it in advance, but now you can't see anything and can't watch out for it, so if there is no cannon flying over, it will cause a burst of screams. Although the casualties in this way are not large, the blow to morale is not small, especially when you can't see the enemy but you are beaten the most.

The people defending the city not only include the mutinous soldiers of the Xuanyi Army, but also the Maitreya disciples and people from nearby states, as well as the young people in the city. At this time, there was an earth-shaking shout in the smoke, in order to prevent the officers and soldiers from taking advantage of the chaos to seize the city, and also to save the shaken morale, Du Meng shouted: "Shoot arrows!" Shoot an arrow into the black smoke! Don't let the enemy rush up! ”

Immediately, all kinds of long-range weapons in the city were fired blindly into the black smoke, and some people carried stones and threw them under the city walls, as if the enemy had rushed in front of them. But in fact, Li Buqi really made people cry out constantly, and at the same time filled the trench with earth and rammed a dozen roads. At the same time, all the strong crossbows and bed crossbows with the hope mountain were fired in turn in accordance with the installed ruler at the pre-measured distance, and the crossbowmen were tired and changed to another batch, in short, they continued to kill and suppress the people in the city. Although the city was constantly returning fire, there was no accuracy, and some javelins were even shot into the sky, and it seemed that the crossbowmen had lost their sense of direction.

When the wagons were finally pulled to the edge of the trench, the crossbowmen of the Zhenwu army ascended to the top platform, and the hand-to-hand infantry stood on the first floor and staircase level with the head of the city with a shield in one hand and a broadsword or tomahawk in the other, waiting to meet the enemy. More soldiers shouted trumpets and pressed their shoulders against the beams to help the cattle push the carts across the rest of the distance.

At this time, no one dares to complain, and it is better to sweat a little and exert a little effort than to give up their lives during the siege.

The cart slowly crossed the moat, and some of the wet pyres that had been burning on the edge of the moat were pushed into the trench by the hook and sickle, and the thick smoke that covered the city immediately became much thinner. As soon as Du Meng looked up and saw the behemoth emerging from behind the smoke, he couldn't help but scream, and hurriedly rushed out of the big knife and ran to the bed crossbow on the horse's face: "Quick! Shoot the wooden building! ”

The two javelins were immediately fired out to tear open the raw cowhide covering the surface of the cart, and some smashed thick planks through the other side, causing a massacre in the cart, but this also allowed the crossbowmen on the upper floor of the cart to discover the location of the bed crossbow. Although there was a thin smoke to cover it, it could not stand the shooting of a dozen strong crossbows, and the crossbowmen of the bed crossbows were shot into hedgehogs before they could start work again. Du Meng was fortunate to be spared by picking up a shield, but at such a close distance, the crossbow arrows of the strong crossbow had already shot through the shield, he didn't dare to do it, so he hurriedly got behind the female wall and shouted to the soldiers around: "Prepare oil bottles!" Prepare the rocket! Missing this bird wood building! ”

According to his idea, this wooden building must always be on the city wall, so that the hand-to-hand infantry of the official army can come up. But he only heard a loud noise, and when he looked at his face, he was immediately disillusioned. I saw a bridge plate fall from the wooden tower and put it on the city wall, and immediately from behind the falling bridge board, a large number of officers and soldiers wearing heavy armor poured up to the city.