The cold wind made the killing in the air even colder.

Luoliang Mountain is facing the biggest crisis and test since the cottage occupied the mountain.

Hiding under the high shield are the combined forces of officers and soldiers in Pingyang City, while the more than 4,000 mountain defenders on the city wall, composed of old peasants and poor people, are also hiding behind the battlements, nervous and frightened, but there is no way out.

It is destined to be a life-and-death battle, for the government, there is no need to appease under the effect of silver, and for the cottage, in addition to defeating the officers and soldiers in front of them, the rest is that the cottage is dilapidated and destroyed.

Tang Xidong, who was standing on the wall of the new city, had a grim face, and his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water.

The crossbow of the city defender was ready to be wound, enough to shoot into the ranks of officers and soldiers, but the high shield erected blocked the space of the crossbow arrows.

A wall without artillery had no choice but to hold out and wait for the enemy to attack.

In the queue of officers and soldiers, Zhang Xiahai looked through the gap in the shield at the scholar hiding behind the battlements in the city.

A month ago, the scene of that encounter came back to mind.

The same city walls are up and down, but now the two sides are translocated.

For the scholar named Tang Xidong, Zhang Xiahai had indescribable emotions in his heart, at least the other party took in the homeless, but unfortunately the other party was a thief.

Seeing each other at this moment, Zhang Xiahai suppressed the complexity in his heart, and a murderous intent burst out in his eyes.

Since you can't avoid it, then press it up and wipe everything out, after today, he Zhang Xiahai no longer needs to roll in this muddy water.

On both sides of the city wall of an official road, the officers and soldiers are at the north entrance of the starting point of the two sections of the city wall, 100 meters away from the city wall.

"Keep in line, enter!" The herald sounded.

Dense footsteps sounded on the ground, and the officers and soldiers approached the city wall step by step in silence.

Tang Xidong waved his hand, and the small red flags on the city wall moved accordingly, and the members of the companies on the city walls on both sides adjusted their angles.

The terrain is favorable to the Luoliang Mountain cottage, the city walls on both sides, an official road, and the officers and soldiers must divide their troops to attack.

But once the battle starts, the north side of the city wall will inevitably encounter heavy pressure from the other side, the city wall is only one zhang wide, the space is limited, and the pressure will increase.

Eighty steps, seventy steps, sixty steps......

With the approaching black pressure queue, the tension increased, the heart in the chest beat sharply, and the war was about to break out.

Fifty steps.

The military order was once again transmitted among the officers and soldiers: "Divide the troops, attack!" ”

The high-pitched voice had not yet landed, and the neat queue was instantly divided into two, and the two queues rushed quickly.

The officers and soldiers suddenly separated, like a flood breaking through the embankment, and the crowd seemed to be about to break down the entire section of the city wall on the north side in an instant, the shouts of killing were intensive, and the chaotic footsteps instantly pressed on everyone's hearts.

Seeing that the atmosphere was so tense that it was suffocating in an instant, Tang Xidong suddenly shouted loudly: "Ready!" ”

A loud shout made everyone instantly return to their places, wake up, and move to aim.

But as soon as the shouts dissipated, the officers and soldiers who had already rushed within thirty paces, the sword and shield hands in front of them stopped again, followed by an order: Release!

As soon as the sound started, a dense sound of fire burst in the air.

Hundreds of arrows broke through the air, Tang Xidong only cared about seeing the fire and smoke, and saw the arrows in the air shooting up the city, so he could only shrink behind the wooden shield.

"Raise a shield, dodge." Without Tang Xidong's command, the platoon commanders were already shouting nervously.

Even so, there were screams one after another.

Tang Xidong didn't bother to check the attack of the officers and soldiers under the city, and turned his head to see that more than a dozen people had fallen on the city wall, moaning and rolling on the ground.

Just as he was about to call for people to go up for treatment and evacuation, there was another sound of fire under the city, and the second round of flying arrows came again.

The officers and men fired intensively, apparently having mastered the means of firearms with three-stage excitation.

Tang Xidong had no choice but to let the dozen or so people fall to the ground and wail, and above his head was the dense sound of arrows shooting into the shield, and there were screams around him.

After the second round of flying arrows, more than ten people fell to the ground again, and Tang Xidong frowned instantly.

The other side obviously led the troops with full experience, and they actually knew how to suppress firepower and control the rhythm of war.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it won't work.

In a hurry, Tang Xidong didn't care about hurting people, and looked at the city through the gap in the shield.

The officers and soldiers of the two teams were in good order at the moment, the sword and shield men covered the firearms and archers, and the people on the cottages on the city walls on both sides of the firearms bows and arrows did not dare to show their heads, and the siege procession pushing the ladders took the opportunity to approach the city wall step by step.

This was the first time that Tang Xidong saw the siege of regular officers and soldiers in Daming, which made the original contempt and luck in his heart instantly extinguished.

I just saw the city below, and another round of flying arrows struck.

The dense flying arrows pierced into the shield, and Tang Xidong could already see the wooden shield full of flying arrows pressing backwards under the impact force.

Looking at the cloud ladder that is getting closer and closer, my heart is getting more and more anxious, but at this moment, these villagers who have never experienced the war have already been frightened by the flying arrows, so they can only blindly hide behind the shield, but fortunately, after two rounds of flying arrows, no one is injured.

"The members of the company prepare, disperse the shields, expose the aiming gap, aim the crossbow at the opponent's archers, and aim the crossbow guns at the trench under the city, listen to my instructions, and shoot together."

Tang Xidong pulled his throat and shouted with all his strength.

At this moment, I can't count on anyone else, I just hope that the long-trained company members can still be calm and follow orders.

Under the city, the mighty officers and soldiers behind the cloud ladder were already within fifteen steps, and another half a meter were about to approach the trench dug under the city.

Silent recitation in the heart: three, two, one.

Seeing that the ladder at the front was planted headlong into the trench, and then lost its balance and smashed forward, Tang Xidong pushed away the shield and roared sharply: Shoot! Aim, shoot.

The ladder fell, instantly stopping the offensive of the officers and soldiers, and after three volleys of firearms from the firearms behind them, they were in the gap of reloading, and the archers had not yet fired.

For Tang Xidong, this is the best time to counterattack, once the officers and soldiers react, they will inevitably be suppressed again, and then they can only wait for the other party to approach the city wall and attack from the ladder.

Finally, the members of the company built by Tang Xidong lived up to their painstaking efforts, although they were blindly suppressed before, but the discipline crisis that has been emphasized played a role at the moment, one by one crossbow arrows flew towards the sword and shield soldiers fifty paces away, and even the short arrows of the crossbow guns were condescendingly shot at the officers and soldiers behind the ladder.

The arrow was fired, and Tang Xidong didn't care to check the casualties of the officers and soldiers in the city, and shouted again: Release.

At this moment, the continuous fire advantage of the crossbow guns and the city defense crossbow was revealed, and hundreds of flying arrows were far and near, but with an interval of two or three seconds, they once again plunged into the ranks of officers and soldiers.

Tang Xidong looked at the city at this time, and two waves of flying arrows were shot, and the effect was obvious.

The city was blindly suppressed before, and no one among the officers and soldiers would have thought that the other party would be able to take the opportunity to counterattack, and the accident of the ladder falling to the ground suddenly happened, and the firecrackers needed time to reload.

After 100 arrows, there were already as many as forty or fifty officers and soldiers who fell to the ground.

The sword and shield men still had time to react and set up shields to cover up, while those who attacked with ladders under the city were not so lucky.

Taking advantage of your illness to kill you, Tang Xidong couldn't care about the joy in his heart, and ordered to stimulate again, five rounds of flying arrows were shot, and more than 100 officers and soldiers in the city had fallen.

The offensive collapsed in an instant.

The officers and soldiers behind the ladder abandoned the ladder one after another and retreated backwards.

And everyone on the city wall also took the opportunity to load short arrows.

Just when Tang Xidong was happy, the bow and arrow fire behind the sword and shield hand were activated again, and without Tang Xidong's command, everyone in the city once again stood up to shield it.

The offensive on the side of the new city collapsed, while the siege continued on the other side of the official road.

Thinking of the opposite side, Tang Xidong's face changed instantly, and it was Li Shangquan who was in command on the other side, and Tang Xidong didn't know if Li Shangquan could break up the offensive of the officers and soldiers.

In a hurry, he looked through the cracks.

From a distance, it seemed that the offensive of the officers and soldiers seemed to be as smooth as it was at the beginning, Tang Xidong sank down and continued to observe, and sure enough, just two minutes later, the scene of the counterattack just now reappeared.

Arrows fell intensively from the city, and nearly 100 officers and soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.

The offensive of the officers and men was blocked, and one by one they quickly retreated.

As soon as the officers and soldiers on both sides withdrew, it heralded the failure of the first wave of the enemy's attack.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for all the officers and soldiers in the city to shrink behind the tall shields.

The offensive came to an abrupt halt.