Seeing that the chariot was driving farther and farther, the hearts of all the people in the city seemed to be overwhelmed, and it was extremely heavy. Luoyang, which has gone through hardships and has been repeatedly warned, has once again ushered in a severe test, and no one dares to be optimistic about what the result will be this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhou Bian turned his head and looked at the people beside him, "Send Zhou Gongzhi back first." Also, wait for everyone in Luoyang, go back together, and wait for the good news that our Wang Division defeated the Korean army. The Taishi sat in the palace and dealt with the changes of all parties, Bai Gui stayed under the city, responsible for the transfer of the people, Ning Yue walked in the city, strictly guarded against turmoil in the city, and the young master followed the king to guard the city to meet the attack of the Korean army. Ladies and gentlemen, at this critical moment, do not persuade this king to retreat into the palace as well, if you cannot hold the city, what good will it do to this king to stay in the palace? I hope that you will work together with my royal family to tide over this difficulty! ”

Looking at the not tall figure who was dressed in a draped dress and stood proudly, no matter who it was on the city tower, he was choked up for a while, and the Taishi shed a few old tears, crying a few times "Take care of the king", and then the first to retreat from the city. Someone took the lead, and immediately after, a group of Luoyang nobles rushed down to the city, and then Bai Gui and Ning Yue.

It was quite fast, and after a while, a large area was empty above the city tower, and only the young master and a general were left around, Zhou Bian turned his head to look, but saw that the three carriages had just returned to the Korean army at this time.

Zhou Bian's face suddenly became serious, and he turned his head to look at the young master, "Are the soldiers all in place?" Are all the precautions in place in the city? ”

"Back to the king, in addition to the opening of the city gate is guarded by the king's royal army, nearly four miles on both sides of the city gate, five thousand soldiers have been arranged, the first row of archers is guarding behind the female wall, the second row of spearmen holding wooden shields behind the archers, the third and fourth rows of archers are hidden under the wooden shed behind the female wall, the trebuchets are also in place, the stones and other things have been prepared, and three new catapults are being assembled. In addition, the soup has been lit under the big ding, and the fireproof buckets and other materials are being transported, just waiting to meet the Korean army. ”

"Okay, then, I'll wait for Han Jun." Zhou Bian shouted, and suddenly felt that the momentum had also come up.

"If you pass the order again, the Han army will not retreat today, this king will not go to the city, and this king will swear to live and die with Luoyang!"

"No!" The young master shouted, turned around and shouted.

Soon the city walls on both sides of the Dingding Gate turned their heads to look over, and the soldiers all knew that the king would also be guarding the city today, and it was extremely rare to be able to do this in this era with a weak crown boy, and no one could help but be moved. Although the soldiers could not see the short figure in their eyes, the tall royal flag was erected above the city tower in the wind, waving with the wind in the scorching sun, and the momentum was magnificent.

After some preparations, there was also movement in the Korean military camp opposite, only to see that among the Korean army, there were big flags waving a few times, and then I heard a long horn sounding, coming with the wind, desolate but full of fighting spirit. The trumpet fell, and suddenly the 100,000-strong army roared three times, and the roar shook the sky, like a beast rushing towards him. The roar hit the ground, and the drums sounded again, and several large drums rang out at the same time according to the rhythm, and the drums moved the sky, like a small hammer striking on the hearts of everyone in the city.

The Han army also moved at this time, stepping on the drums, two large formations came out of the array, and the rest of the Korean troops behind also raised their weapons in their hands, and shouted with the rhythm of the drums. The sound of footsteps, drums and shouts seemed to be not sound, but murderous.

The two big arrays are 20,000 Korean soldiers, and 20,000 troops were dispatched in the first round? Zhou Bian narrowed his eyes and stared closely at the pace of the Korean army under the city.

Zhou Bian has already figured out that the siege warfare of this era, its conventional or can also be said to be the most orthodox way, is to first use a cowhide cart to escort the crossbowmen to the city wall first, use a strong bow to suppress the defending soldiers on the city wall, kill and injure the soldiers on the city as much as possible, after shooting the crossbow for a period of time, the soldiers rush out of the cart, or shoot the enemy up on the city wall, or climb up the ladder, climb the city wall with superior forces, kill the defending soldiers, and then capture the city gate, enlarge the army into the city, At this point, the siege battle can be said to be victorious. Of course, there are other ways, such as directly hitting the city gate with a rushing car, if you can open the city gate, you can kill it first, or other non-mainstream methods such as water attack and digging tunnels are actually more popular in the Warring States period.

So Zhou Bian has taken certain precautions against these current popular and some ways that no one has thought of before, the so-called preparedness, when looking at the 20,000 South Korean army getting closer and closer, Zhou Bian and the soldiers below the city have not panicked, but quietly waited, waiting for the Korean army to approach step by step.

At this time, on the tower of Dingding Gate, the veterans of the strong Imperial Forest Army have climbed up, not only because the king is here, but also because the city gate has always been the most important to defend the city, and the city gate of Dingding Gate is also built more than one person higher than the city wall on both sides, and it is connected by more than 20 steps.

Layers of veterans poured up, including many of the subordinates who followed Zhou Bian when he first killed the Gongyi soldiers, as well as the subordinates who trained in Songshan, and of course more Luoyang soldiers, veterans who followed the king to defeat the Korean army in Gongyi Luoshui. In the eyes of these veterans, the king has supreme glory, and following the king, whatever result will be victory.

The veterans on the city tower poured over layer after layer, all wearing sharp armor, carrying bows and arrows on their backs, and raising large shields in front, and soon, under the persuasion of Fan Yu Zhou Mi and a lieutenant colonel of the army, Zhou Bian jumped off the wooden platform, retreated backwards, and retreated straight to the inside of the city tower. It was a palace-like building, towering above the city gate, with a thick, newly reinforced roof, and the Korean army did not seem to have large siege equipment like catapults, but the inside of the tower was extremely safe.

Although he also wants to rush to the forefront, as a king and a young man, Zhou Bian has to be wronged in this comprehensive palace.

At that moment, a sergeant came to report that the Korean army was advancing in steps, and did not rush forward with the help of carts and the like, and was currently a mile and a half away from the city gate. Zhou Bian couldn't help but snort coldly, Han Jun didn't hide in the cart and rushed down the city, he was really arrogant.

After a while, another sergeant came to ask for instructions, the Korean army only had one mile left, and all of them were within the range of the catapult attack, should they start attacking now?

If you want to throw a stone a mile away, a catapult can only throw one big stone at a time, and the lethality is extremely limited, if you wait for a little closer, you can throw a bunch of slightly smaller stones, the lethality is much stronger, this is already a good time, so Zhou Bian shook his head, "Tell me to go down, to be stable, and wait for the Han army to get closer." ”

In fact, Zhou Bian himself is not nervous, feeling the vibration brought by the 20,000 pairs of feet stepping on the earth that are getting closer and closer, Zhou Bian's two little hands are so squeezed that the palms of his hands are already sweaty, and it is hot, and nervous, it is true, why did Han Jun choose to come in June, how good it would be to cool down in autumn, hello and me.

Finally, the sergeant came again to report that the Korean army had stopped two hundred steps below the city gate and was pulling out of formation, looking like it was about to attack.

Is it about to attack two hundred steps away, this distance is already outside the effective range of ordinary bows and arrows, and the big bow equipped by the royal family is okay, but even if it is shot down on the city wall, the effective distance is only one hundred steps, is it possible that these 20,000 Korean soldiers are equipped with all crossbows? 20,000 crossbows are already extremely luxurious equipment in this era, and the Han army really looks down on the royal family. Zhou Bian didn't dare to underestimate it at all, and hurriedly ordered, "Tell the whole army to pay attention to concealment, guard against arrows, and in addition, the two hundred crossbows in our army can also kill the enemy, and then pass the order, after the catapult describes the enemy, shoot freely!" ”

"No!" The herald did not dare to slack off, and as soon as he gave up his hand, he immediately turned and ran out.

As one order after another was issued, the tense atmosphere in the city suddenly reached a climax. There are more than 5,000 soldiers in the city, some of whom are still new soldiers, and today they will usher in the baptism of the first war in their military careers. However, fortunately, the officers above the rank of captain in the royal army have undergone specific training, and there are standards for which step should be done when defending the city, who is responsible for which section, and the officers above the centurion are all veterans who have seen blood, so although there is tension in the city, there is not much panic.

Including Zhou Bian, everyone's hearts in the city and under the city were about to burst out, and at this moment, a long call suddenly came to mind, "Hair!" It seemed to be close to his ears, and then a few buzzing sounds sounded, Zhou Bian was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, it was our catapult.

was able to exert his might before the first round of shooting of the South Korean army, and its speed was beyond Zhou Bian's expectations, and it could be regarded as giving the royal family a long face. And Fan Yu on the side also reacted quickly, opened his mouth and said, "Is this the sound of catapults firing?" Why didn't you hear the stone fall to the ground? ”

Zhou Bian opened his mouth and smiled, "Let the stones fly for a while." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a lot of knocking sounds from afar under the city, and I didn't need to think about it to know that it was a business where stones were smashed on the ground, but there was no imaginary scream of the enemy soldiers, Zhou Bian and Fan Yu looked at each other, they were all puzzled, this catapult was tested when it was first built, the stone smashed from mid-air, not to mention the momentum, it could be killed by gravity alone, not to mention that this stone was specially picked from Minshan by Zhou Bian, and a large number of suburbanites who were evacuated in the city were also hired to grind out the sharp tip to increase the lethality, Why doesn't this work when it comes to actual use?

After a while, the doubts were answered, and a sergeant ran in from outside the hall, "Report to the king, the first round of attack of the catapult just now, it shot a little far, only a few stones fell in the enemy formation, and it should only hurt a few people." General Tu Qiang, who is in charge of throwing stones under the city, is correcting, and he should be able to shoot in the next round. ”

As soon as the sergeant's words fell, he heard a continuous buzzing sound in the distance under the city behind him, Zhou Bian's hairs suddenly stood up, and 20,000 crossbows pulled the bowstring at the same time, and the momentum was far from being comparable to the current strength of the royal family.

The sergeant who had just finished the report also sensed the abnormality of the atmosphere, turned around, and looked out of the hall. At this moment, the humming paused for a moment, and then suddenly a louder humming burst out in an instant, as if there was a muffled thunder, and then everyone in the hall could see that a black cloud seemed to fly in the sky in the distance in front of them, and even the beginning of the summer day was about to be covered, and the sky seemed to be much bleaker.

The momentum of ten thousand crossbows is really not small!

It was as if ten thousand birds had taken off, covering the sky and the sun, and like locusts attacking, boundless, and the arrows were still flying in the air, but the strong wind that had brought it seemed to have blown in front of the face.

Seeing that the black cloud was getting closer and bigger, everyone in the temple opened their eyes wide and their mouths wide. Although they knew that this arrow could not fly into the inside of the city tower, Fan Yu and the others still erected a bronze shield in front of Zhou Bian, after all, this pressure is not something that everyone can bear.

The black cloud flew straight in front of him, and slammed down, like a bird of prey hunting, and like a wave rushing, like a torrential rain slapping on Luoyang City.

The sound of brushing rang in their ears, and everyone knew that it was the sound of arrows shooting on the city wall, or on the shield, or even on the human flesh, and the screams also followed, and the huge impact was like a wild beast hitting everyone's hearts. But the rain of arrows had not stopped, and 20,000 arrows, like a heavy rain, took five breaths before they stopped.

It's really a terrifying blow, no wonder the Han army didn't hide in the cowhide cart and rushed over, no wonder the Han army dared to be so arrogant outside Luoyang City, it turned out that this terrifying Han crossbow was their proud capital. It's so powerful, it's really a terrifying Warring States.

The sound of arrows stopped, and everyone in the hall looked out, only to find that it was dawning again, and the screams in their ears that had not stopped seemed to remind you of what had just happened.

At this moment, Zhou Bian's voice sounded in the main hall, "Go down quickly and count the casualties of our army!" ”

At this time, the sergeant who had just come to report but had been looking outside the hall in a daze reacted, confessed, and hurriedly ran out.

The sergeant had just disappeared at the door, but Zhou Bian was still not at ease, jumped down and rushed to the left side of the hall. Zhou Bian looked out from the left gate, but saw that on the city wall, within the range of sight, there were hundreds of arrow feathers loosely inserted, or nailed to the ground of the city wall, or inserted on the wooden shed on the inner side of the city wall, or tied to those wooden shields that were still trembling. However, the most eye-catching thing was not this, but in the open space between the female wall in the far wall and the wooden shed behind it, there was a soldier, or rather a corpse, with his head facing inside the city, his feet facing outside, and several arrows standing on his back.

It must be that he is afraid, he wants to escape, or if he is dead, Zhou Bian snorted coldly, and he no longer cared about it, but frowned, the black clouds just now were overwhelming, why were there only about a thousand on this wall? It's weird.

At this time, Fan Yu and others also escorted over. Suddenly, a sergeant came to report, "King, the Han army suddenly all stood up, and the whole formation and collective were approaching the city wall again." ”