With Le Yang's order, the Wei army quickly retreated from the ladder, causing most of the hot oil poured on the city wall to fail, sprinkling on the ladder to melt the ice.

The Wei archers standing on the other side of the moat lined up in a neat phalanx, pulling their bowstrings like a full moon, and continuously shooting arrows with flames at the head of Pinglu City.

In the face of the dense rockets of the Wei army, Ji Ling commanded the Tang army archers to shoot back, and at the same time ordered the Tang soldiers to raise their shields to cover them to prevent the rockets from igniting the flammable materials splashed with grease.

"Burn Wei Kou's ladder for me!"

Enraged by the Wei army's frantic offensive, Ji Ling, who was furious, shouted loudly and instructed the soldiers and civilians on the city wall to follow the practice of trial, splashing the hot oil that had not yet cooled on the ladder, and then setting it on fire.

It's just that the surface of the ladder is wrapped in a thick layer of ice, and after the boiling hot oil is splashed, it immediately follows the melted ice water and drops to the foot of the city wall, and the torches can't ignite the wet bamboo ladder at all.

After half an hour's effort, the hot oil that the people in the city helped to boil had been poured out of seven-eight, and it was gradually unsustainable.

Seeing this under the city, Le Yang waved his sword and once again urged the Wei army to attack the city with a shield first.

"Rush, kill, those who descend will not die!"

The morale of the Wei soldiers was high, and the five thousand sword and shield soldiers with shields on their heads and big swords in their hands followed the first dead soldiers to the foot of the city wall, and launched a fierce offensive against Pinglu under the cover of seven thousand Wei archers.

For a time, crossbow arrows flew one after another, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Countless arrows flew through the air, either hitting the walls or the moat, and countless rolling stones and logs were thrown from the top of the city, and the two armies were killed and wounded, and the screams were heard one after another.

Although the Tang crossbowmen in the city fired with all their might, the Wei army under the city had as many as 7,000 archers, nearly six times more than the Tang army in number. Although the power of the bow and arrow was weakened a lot due to the upward shooting, the Wei archers still relied on the number of suppressed Tang troops on the city wall to raise their heads, and there were countless arrows that fell on the city wall.

"The soldiers are working hard, the city is in sight!" Le Yang waved his sword under the city, loudly boosting morale.

Wei Guo, who was willing to die, climbed the shield on his head first, and struggled to climb with a big knife in his hand, seeing that there was only one step left from the city, and the Pinglu City full of wolf smoke was already in danger.

At the critical moment, the Tang army, which led 3,000 standby troops, arrived at the east city wall and shouted into battle, "Shoot me hard, smash it hard, swear to defend the city to the death, and never let Wei Kou step into Pinglu!" ”

With the reinforcement of this new force, the number of Tang army archers on the city wall increased to about 3,000, and the firepower increased greatly when they landed. The dense rain of arrows re-suppressed the Wei archers, and the queue at the front of the shot turned on their backs, and countless arrows fell into the moat.

More than 3,000 Tang troops and more than 2,000 strong people took the opportunity to stand up straight, and smashed the rolling stones and trees down the city wall.

"I didn't expect that there were ambush soldiers in Pinglu City who never joined the battle? This trial is calm! ”

Seeing that the city was in sight, but it fell short at the last moment, Pang Juan, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but itch with hatred, and smashed his fist on the wheel to vent the anger in his heart: "General Leyang is really disappointing, he can't even take the small Pinglu City, how can he fight for hegemony in the future?" ”

A hoarse voice sounded beside Pang Juan: "General Leyang is only good at field battles, not at attacking cities, Pang Shuai is really good at letting him attack the city!" ”

The person who spoke stood on the right side of Pang Juan's chariot, although Pang Juan was on the cart, this person was standing on the ground on foot, but he was still half a head taller than Pang Juan, burly as a small hill. The back of the sun's shadow even shrouded the pangs on the carriage.

I saw that this person was nearly a foot tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a blind eye wrapped in a black blindfold, and a shiny bald head that looked hideous, as if he was vicious.

The most eye-catching thing is a sledgehammer covered with thistles tied to his waist, which seems to weigh at least one hundred and fifty pounds, tied to his waist with a two-zhang long iron chain, and walks with a rattling sound.

This person's surname is Tyrant Long, and he is of the same clan as the Korean general Tyrant Kite, and his greatest wish in life is to worship Guiguzi as a teacher. It's just that Guiguzi has no fixed place to live, and his whereabouts are difficult to find, so the tyrannosaurus had to come to Yecheng to meet Guiguzi's apprentice Pang Juan and ask where Guiguzi is.

Pang Juan saw that the tyrannosaurus was burly and powerful, so he deliberately enveloped it, a small feast on three days, and a big feast on five days, and finally collected the tyrannosaurus as used.

The strength of the tyrannosaurus is mysterious, he has never been on the battlefield since he took refuge in Pang Juan, and he disdains Jiang Batian's self-proclaimed "first in Jiangbei and second in the world". even threatened that if he saw Jiang Batian one day, he would beat him and kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, so that he would know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky!

Pang Juan turned his head to look at the tyrannosaurus and said with a sly smile: "What can a general who can only fight in the field and not attack the city do?" Is it possible to destroy a country and dominate the world with field warfare alone? In my opinion, Le Yang is not as good as Wei Yu, but the lord attaches more importance to Le Yang. ”

"The villain has not made any contributions since he defected to Pang Shuai, please allow the villain to follow the army to attack the city!" The tyrannosaurus shook the chain around his waist and surrendered to battle with a "bang-la-la-la" sound.

Pang Juan shook his head: "Why do you need to slaughter a knife to kill a chicken?" Brother Tyrannosaurus doesn't have to rush to make a move, Ben will let you see my well chariot first. ”

"Well?" The Tyrannosaurus rex looked surprised and had to wait and see.

Pang Juan immediately summoned the partial general Wei Gu to the front of the car, and said in a deep voice: "The Jingqi chariot you have trained has also been a few days, it's time to come in handy, so that the civil and military forces of Great Wei can see your performance." ”

"Order!"

Wei Gu agreed, turned on his horse, and in a few moments, he led more than 2,000 soldiers to push fifty wells up to a height of three zhang out of the crowd and advance towards Pinglu City.

These chariots resembled signal towers before the crossing of the square, and could be raised one by one, up to five zhang, and at the bottom were installed movable pulleys, which were propelled forward by thirty or forty soldiers.

During the siege of the city, more than ten crossbowmen stood at the top of the well and shot at the top of the city wall, and the thirty soldiers below protected or pushed the chariot to enhance the defense ability of the well itself.

Amid the sound of "squeak" wheels, fifty wells passed through the rushing Wei army formation and approached the moat.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let you wait and see the power of the well!"

Wei Gu rode in front, dispersed the archers who exchanged fire with the Tang army, selected a flat and vast open space for the fifty Jingqi chariots, and then quickly lined up in formation, aiming at the eastern city wall of Pinglu, which was separated by a hundred zhang.

"Archers board!" Wei Gu let out a loud shout, waving a green flag in his hand.

Five hundred archers quickly jumped to the top of the well wall, and then the soldiers below controlled the mechanism, and the well was constantly raised until the height exceeded the city wall, and every move of the Tang army in the city could be clearly seen.

"Shoot me, cover the siege of the first camp!" Wei Gu shouted again and shook the red flag in his hand.

The Wei army archers on the well got the order, and quickly bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the city wall, and the dense rain of arrows poured on the head of Pinglu City with the whistling wind, and the Tang army was in chaos, and those who fell to the ground with arrows abounded.

Although there were only 500 Wei archers on the well, their role was no less than adding 3,000 archers under the city wall, and with more than 6,000 archers under their feet, they quickly re-formed a suppressive posture against the Tang army on the city wall.

The Tang army, which was shot like arrows like drops, couldn't raise their heads, and they all held shields to cover them, or dodged with the help of the female wall, which greatly reduced the threat to the Wei army besieging the city, so that the ant-like Wei army quickly seized the opportunity to climb up the ladder.

"Shoot the opponent's chariot with a rocket!"

Judging by pushing away the shield above his head, he recklessly ignited a rocket and shot it at the well that was hundreds of feet away, "What kind of weapon is this?" It's so remarkable! ”

The shooting skills of the trial were not bad, and the rocket accurately landed on the top of a well on the opposite side, but it was not so easy to ignite the damp wood, and was immediately kicked down by a Wei army archer.

"Give me a shot at the wooden tower on the opposite side, all with rockets!"

The judge took a rocket from the hands of his own soldiers behind him, drew the bowstring, and gave the order loudly in a hoarse voice.

With a "swoop", a sharp arrow broke through the air, and the trial had no time to dodge, and was shot in the right shoulder blade, and couldn't help but let out a miserable scream: "It hurts me to death!" ”

"Protect too much, protect too much!"

The Tang army was in chaos, and more than a dozen shield soldiers rushed forward desperately to block the trial with their shields and protect him from retreating.

"Let go of me, I can still fight, and I vow to live and die with Pinglu!"

The judge struggled to push away the soldier who was carrying him, raised his left hand to hold the feather arrow inserted in his right shoulder, and pulled it out with all his strength, accompanied by a heart-rending scream, and the blood flowed like a pour, instantly staining the battle robe red.

"Help me bandage, I'd rather die than go to the battlefield!"

The judge gritted his teeth and handed the bloody feather arrow to an archer beside him, and said with a sallow face: "You must cherish every feather arrow, shoot it at Wei Kou, and defend the city!" ”

The doctor trembled and helped the judge to bandage the wound, the beads of sweat on his forehead were more than those of the trial, and he muttered in his mouth: "Lord Taishou, you hold on, you will be bandaged immediately!" ”

Someone in the crowd suddenly pointed to the west excitedly and shouted: "Look, there are reinforcements coming from the west!" ”

The Tang troops on the city wall stood on tiptoe and looked to the west, only to see that the dust was rising, covering the sky and the sun, and there were no less than 30,000 or 40,000 people in the smoke and dust, and the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, like the roar of the valley.

Countless flags are waved in the wind, and the seal characters such as Fang, Zhou, Zhao, Zhang, Ma, and Yan are respectively written on them, and they hunt in the wind one by one, and the momentum is huge.

"Uh...... How did the lord and Zhou Gongjin come from the west? The trial was puzzled, and then woke up, "It's probably Zhang Wenyuan or General Yan Liang who cheated, right?" But at least it can boost morale and intimidate the Wei army, as long as you can hold on for a moment longer, you will have hope of victory! ”