Lu Xiangguan, who was originally holding a huge shield and following the siege wagon, immediately ordered the frightened prisoners of the craftsman camp to continue to step forward and push the siege tower cart that had been left in front of the position yesterday afternoon. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Some of the officers and musketeers in the building cars had been killed by the continuous rain of arrows from the thieves in the city.

But more officers and musketeers were still hiding inside, patiently waiting for the second siege of the city by the officers and soldiers, at this time, seeing that the building car began to move slowly again, they cheered up at the moment and began to take advantage of the same height as the building car and the Guancheng, and continued to shoot at the thieves above the Guancheng in the watchtower on the building car.

The thieves guarding the city were killed and wounded one after another, but the most important thing under Liu Guoneng's command is such cannon fodder, looking at the crumbling Guancheng, he was even more ruthless, and took his own henchmen, and Zhang Liwei and others coerced and urged the thieves and minions of the battalion behind the city to go to the city for defense.

At the same time, he also repeatedly ordered Liu Wengui to launch a strong attack on the north peak of Shimen Pass at the expense of death and injury, making Li Bei's troops in a hurry for a while, and it was difficult to concentrate on dealing with the thief army above the city.

As soon as the threat on the north peak of Shimen Pass was weak, the strength of the thief army on the gate city immediately became stronger.

The remaining dozen or so building cars with official musketeers before the closure of the city were only a dozen steps away from the city at this time, and at the same time that the power of the official residence musketeers was fully utilized, the bows and arrows on the head of the thief army were also concentrated on these building cars, and the official army musketeers kept shooting the thieves at the head of the city at the same time, they were also ruthlessly shot by the bows and arrows from the thieves at the head of the city.

Liu Guocheng was worried that these building cars were attacking the city in the front, so he sent a group of thieves to throw the lasso from afar, lassoed the approaching siege building cars, and pulled them to the ground.

About 120 steps long Shimen Pass City, close to the north side of the mountain peak has long been a sea of fire, the thieves are killed and wounded in piles, the black smoke from the fierce fire oil burns, contains a strong smell of disgusting burning.

Li Bei's troops on the north peak of Shimen Pass were attacked by the men and horses led by Liu Wengui wave after wave, and the danger was everywhere, and there was no time to take care of the battlefield above the gate for a while, and the thief army on the south peak of Shimen Pass was also under the continuous bombardment of artillery under the cover of siege vehicles, and it did not play much role.

The battlefield in front of Shimen Pass has once again been transformed into a duel between the gate and the pass, and it is best to rely on the old method of artillery bombardment.

Li Banghua looked at the siege building cars, and was pulled to the ground by the thieves on the city, and the officers and soldiers musketeers inside were suffering heavy casualties, and his mood was extremely sad, and he quickly sent someone to order Lu Xiangguan to snatch the musketeers who were injured and fell to their deaths, and then ordered the artillery position of the mine battalion artillery team to move forward sixty paces.

Since the thief army on the southern peak of Shimen Pass was suppressed by the artillery commanded by Lu Yuanding, there were conditions for the main position of the mine battalion artillery team to move forward.

Half an hour later, everything was ready, and more than fifty artillery pieces began to fire at the city wall more than 200 paces away!

Although it only moved 60 steps forward, about 60 meters equal to the later generations, the power of the official artillery seemed to have increased a lot at once.

Each projectile hit the stone wall causing more damage, and a stone slammed down, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The exposed logs and rammed earth area outside the stone wall are also getting larger and larger, which once again boosts the morale of the officers and soldiers.

After more than a dozen rounds of shelling, a large section of the stone wall on the Shimenguan city wall collapsed, revealing a large section of rammed earth that had been wrapped behind the stone wall.

There was a burst of cheers in the camp of the official army, and Liu Guocheng, who was hiding in the city under the layers of guards of his own soldiers, was shocked and was about to turn around and go down to the city, but at this time, everyone inside and outside the city suddenly heard a rumbling thunder from the north.

Those who are accustomed to hearing the sound of artillery firing will not be mistaken for these two different sounds, and the thunder in the distance is dull and persistent, not emitted by the artillery in front of them.

Hearing the thunder in the sky, Li Banghua and Lu Xiangsheng looked at each other, both stunned, and then quickly realized that something was wrong.

At that moment, while sending Chen Tan's troops to reinforce Li Bei on the north peak of Shimen Pass, he ordered to intensify the bombardment of the Guancheng in front of him.

At the same time, Liu Guoneng behind Guancheng heard the rumbling of thunder in the distance, and quickly reacted, and immediately shouted: "God is going to rain!" God has delivered us! ”

Liu Guocheng, who was already preparing to flee from the city, heard this, and also reacted, God rains, the firearms of the officials and soldiers cannot be used, this is just God wants to save us!

didn't run away at the moment, turned around to learn Liu Guoneng's words, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold up for a while!" It's going to rain! God has delivered us! ”

As soon as Liu Guocheng's words fell, a bolt of lightning swept across the long-dark sky, and bursts of thunderous roars came, followed by crackling raindrops.

It's raining, and it's pouring down!

In an instant, the shouts of killing up and down the city disappeared, and the heavens and the earth calmed down, leaving only the sound of heavy rain.

It didn't take long for the thieves above the city to see that the artillery of the official army had to stop in the heavy rain, and finally began to cheer.

And Li Banghua stood in the rain, looked at the Guancheng three or eight steps away, looked at the cheering thief army on the head of the city, and then looked at the artillery position in the heavy rain, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

On his heart, heavy rain is definitely a great thing for the imperial court and Shanxi locality, once the drought is lifted, then the thief will not spread, of course he knows this truth, as early as the Lu'an Mansion City God Temple when the festival, he has not known how many times secretly prayed in his heart for the city god, for this land rain.

It's just that now this heavy rain is not the right time, even if it is half a day at night!

Li Banghua had a complicated mood and ordered the troops to be withdrawn, move the artillery position back, and then set up a tent to shelter from the rain and dry it for maintenance as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the officers and men of the mine battalion under Li Banghua's command have always kept the gunpowder they value the most, and they have left them in special tents in the rear camp to make adequate preparations for waterproofing and moisture, otherwise, the battle in front of them will really have to be filled with human lives.

The heavy rain poured down, from around noon until night, extinguishing the flames of battle at Shimen Pass, washing away the blood stains up and down the city, and at the same time washing away the heavy haze above everyone's heads, and even the smell of the air was suddenly much fresher and sweeter.

During this period, the battle on the north peak of Shimen Pass also stopped, although the rain was pouring, which was extremely unfavorable to the firearms of the officers and soldiers, but it rained heavily, the mountain road was more slippery, and the bow and arrow were not conducive to firing, which also blocked the attack of the thief army Liu Wengui.

And Lu Yuanding also commanded the siege artillery truck to retreat, although the siege vehicle is a roof with logs, but such a roof is to resist the attack of arrow rain and falling rocks, not to shield the heavy rain, so when it rains heavily outside, it rains lightly inside, which is of course extremely unfavorable for the fire gate artillery that needs to be ignited by an open flame to fire.

That night, Li Banghua summoned the generals to his big tent to discuss and make various arrangements for the next battle.

And Liu Guoneng, Zhang Liwei and others also gathered the generals of the Heaven Collapse King together to discuss how to guard the pass after the rain stopped in the next step.

Zhang Liwei, who came to supervise the battle on behalf of Wang Jiayin, was obviously in a much better mood, and there were a lot more words on his lips, so he said: "God really has eyes!" At this juncture, it is raining heavily, and the wildfire in the north will be extinguished by itself? Now Prime Minister Zuo doesn't have to vomit blood every day! King Hengtian, his old man's illness should also be cured! ”

When Liu Guoneng heard this, he echoed and said, "Not bad! This rain is really timely rain, God is on our side! ”

As soon as Liu Guoneng finished saying this, as if he had just reacted suddenly, his face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "What did Brother Zhang say just now?" Prime Minister Zuo was so anxious that he vomited blood?! Yokoteno is sick too!? ”

When Zhang Liwei heard Liu Guoneng suddenly ask, his face became quite embarrassed as if he realized something, so he said: "Hengtian King, his old man is fine, but he is in a hurry to get sores on his tongue, which is not a big deal."

"But Prime Minister Zuo, you also know that you have lung disease, and you are sick and sick, and you always cough and cough every now and then.

"Recently, Huangluling has been lost, and the fire on Huangluling has burned to Shanshenyu, which is not the prime minister of Zuo, he can't sit still, and he takes people and horses to extinguish the fire, and he is seriously ill when he comes and goes, and I heard that he coughed up blood at noon yesterday."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liwei smiled awkwardly and said, "When you came in the morning, you didn't ask, and the little brother didn't have time to say." Now that it's raining, it is estimated that any disease should be cured! ”

Zhang Liwei's words were unintentional, but the listeners were intentional, but they made Liu Guoneng, who had just recovered from the ecstasy after the heavy rain pour, fall into contemplation again.