Chapter 536: Fire

Mr. Wu arrived soon.

At this time, seeing the mighty Yan army outside the city, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, he was the general of the Yan army back then, and now he sees these soldiers in black armor wearing Yan Ling under the city, he seems to have fallen into some kind of distant memory.

But in the blink of an eye, he came back to his senses, sighed and said, "Yan Chengzong, the king of Jibei, this person once served in my army and was my personal soldier. ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Wu looked at Chen Kai deeply, and then continued: "Yan people are different from you Chen people, your princes and nobles have chosen to study under famous people since childhood, but Yan people like to serve in the army, often start with their own soldiers, and learn behind the veterans on the battlefield. ”

"The Yan people are good at defending the city, and they are also good at field warfare, this is because they have fought a lot with the Hu people, but when it comes to attacking the city, it is far behind."

"Now that they have come from afar, it stands to reason that they will rest for a few days, surround the city, and then begin to storm it. But...... This time is different, they are eager for revenge, this is a retaliatory action, not a big war, at least in their opinion, that's the case, Jibei King Yan Chengzong this person, is a hot character, you cross the shore, for him, it is a great shame, so it will definitely attack the city immediately, this gives us a chance, so today's battle, is the key to the key, if they can beat the Yan army at one time, their offensive will be difficult to be fierce, the Yan army is good at storming, and can not last, this is a well-known thing. ”

"Other than that......" Mr. Wu squinted, his eyes turned slightly, his gaze fell on a small hill in the northeast corner, pointed to the northeast corner, and said, "See, if my guess is right, their Chinese military camp will be set up there......"

Chen Kaizhi smiled, he understood this, the coach supervised the battle in the front position, this was a means to boost morale, of course, bows and arrows and other weapons in that place were unattainable, but it was not necessarily, there was one thing, but it could be tried.

Chen Kaizhi shook his spirit and said: "In this case, then let's fight to the death." ”

With his sword in hand, he ordered: "All the soldiers of the warrior battalion, as well as the auxiliaries, go up to the wall." ”

The Warrior Battalion had already lined up on the Fortress and began to check the firearms in their hands.

The auxiliaries also began to carry countless rolling stones and logs onto the city walls, in addition to hot oil, and an archery team of about two hundred people.

These archers were originally from the Jibei Water and Land Inspection Division, and they were Da Chen's government soldiers, but their morale was the lowest, and their faces were both worried and hesitant.

Chen Kai slapped the city wall and shouted, "Which of you wants to run?" Look, there's a lot of walls here, there's a moat out there, can you run away? I know that many of you have wives and children, and you have parents, but if you still want to see your parents, wives and children, then fight to the death, and never allow a Yan army to enter the city, and if you enter the city, you and I will have to die. ”

The crowd was stunned and did not dare to make a sound.

Chen Kaizhi has put them in a desperate situation, and now, it can indeed only be a ruin.

Under the city was a cloud-like Yan army, and the vanguard was impatiently prepared, as Mr. Wu said, they were extremely impatient, and the fortress was not large, which caused them to put into the siege of the city not much, probably only two thousand people, but obviously they set up enough reserves.

Under the city, suddenly the drums sounded like thunder, and the earth-shattering drums made people tremble.

On the small hill in the distance, Yan Chengzong, the king of Jibei, did not order to set up camp, it is still early, he is confident that he will take down the city fortress today, and he can spend the night in the city fortress, so he took his personal guards, through countless military horses, to the hill one mile away from the city fortress, far away, he stared at the city fortress with a pair of wolf-like eyes, a contemptuous smile on his lips, and then slowly spoke: "One drum is decided, the first to enter the city, the reward is ten thousand, pass my general order, the vanguard army will be the first to enter the camp, break the city!" ”

At the sound of an order, the horn sounded, and the low horn was like a talisman, and there was an inexplicable murderous aura in the air.

So there was already a herald riding a flying horse and shuttling among the armies that began to rest: "King Jibei order: Break the city, first enter the camp to break the city, first board the camp and break the city, first board the camp ......"

"The King of Jibei has an order ......"

Countless orders, like a relay, began to spread throughout the Yan army.

Immediately, a military horse moved, a lieutenant sat on the horse, laughed fiercely, and directly tore the leather armor on his body, revealing the tiger's back and bear's waist and square body, and the muscles of the whole body bulged, this person is the famous Jin Mingdi, the captain of the first camp, Jin Mingdi and the first camp are both Hu people, most of them have hunted in the north, but they are only small tribes, and they were bullied by the big tribes of the Hu people, so they had to fish and hunt for a living between the white mountains and black waters.

The people of the Northern Yan saw their vigor, so they incorporated them into the army, they were known as the first, extremely brave, fearless of death, and even thought that it was a very glorious thing to die on the battlefield.

Since then, there have been many first camps in the Northern Yan army, and most of them are used to charge into battle, as the vanguard, invincible.

At this time, the Jin Ming shouted loudly, and then said a few nonsense words, and the double axe in his hand swung violently, and more than 2,000 Hu people behind him suddenly shouted.

They bared their teeth one by one, and above their big red beards were blood-red eyes.

Jin Mingdi rushed out first, and then, the Hu people behind him rushed out like a tide.

Many of them rode fast horses, and took out their bows and arrows in a madness.

Da Da Da ...... Da Da Da ......

"It's the first to camp!" Mr. Wu stood in the city tower with a faint expression, brushing his beard, the wind blew his clothes to hunt, and continued: "This battalion is like a hammer for breaking the city, not afraid of death and injury, talk about the skill of archers and horses, but ...... Even if it was downwind, the walls were towering, and they shot arrows from below, and the effect was barely enough. ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said, "I know, this is called killing power, let's scare us first." ”

He then ordered: "Prepare the warrior battalion." ”

A group of teases who want to shoot arrows across the moat to the city, then let them see what a long-range attack is.

Immediately, behind the battlements of the women's walls, black and swarthy mouths were revealed, and they condescendingly looked at the first camp that was getting closer and closer.

This city wall is thirty zhang away from the moat, and the moat is twenty zhang wide, so there is no need to measure the range, as long as the Yan army arrives outside the moat, it will officially enter the effective range, not to mention that now the warrior battalion is condescending, which is more helpful for the range.

Sure enough, the first to camp had arrived, and some people were the first to fly horses, swim along the moat, bend their bows and arrows, and shoot out with an arrow.

A feathered arrow was in mid-air, drawing a perfect arc, and finally, with a snap, it shot at the city wall, and finally, it fell.

Yan Chengzong, who was watching the battle in the back, didn't care.

The role of the flying cavalry is to try to make the defenders on the city wall dare not show their heads, forming some kind of suppression, and then, covering the other foot soldiers to cross the river and build a simple pontoon bridge.

As for the defenders of the city, he was not afraid at all, because the defenders of the city were only a thousand people who could fight.

It is precisely this bow and arrow, in the hearts of many people, may be simple, but in fact, any professional general knows that it is extremely difficult to train a qualified archer, and it will take at least several months of effort.

The Yan army is known for its bows and arrows, and the archers that can be used in the city are not even more than 100 people, and it is completely enough to suppress 100 people with a bow and horse of 1,000 people, at least so that the other party does not dare to take the lead, then it will be their main battlefield.

I saw that after the first arrow was fired, the pioneer battalion fired arrows around the moat, most of these arrows may not even touch the city wall, even if there were barely a few shot on the city wall, behind the warrior battalion on the city wall, an auxiliary soldier on the top of a removed door panel, on the head of the warrior battalion, the bow and arrow was thrown, in the air arc, only to fall straight down by inertia, snap, directly on the head of the door panel or shield.

This is the most common way to defend against archery from below.

But if this is the case, there is a huge problem, although it is a wooden plank on the head, the safety is absolutely safe, but the problem is that if the city wants to counterattack, it stands to reason that it also needs to shoot arrows, and the arrows are all thrown, that is, they are shot out at an oblique angle in mid-air, and how to shoot out with a plank and a shield on the head? Once this happens, it will be like a passive beating, although there will be no damage and safety will be guaranteed, but it is also difficult to fight back.

But......

The warriors used firearms, and they had wooden shields on their heads, but they ejected the firecrackers out of the square between the battlements of the women's wall, towards the city, and then, a cry of order: "Counterattack!" ”

"Fight back!"

"Fight back!"

In the aisles of the city wall, orders came and went, and countless people shouted loudly.

It's time to fight back.

Then, one by one, the firebolts that poked out of the wall battlements erupted into flames.

Bang Bang ......

On the city wall, there was already a great fire, and the flames of this moment, like lightning, flashed and disappeared, and the loud sound of thunder echoed inside and outside the city wall.

Streams of gunpowder smoke spread quickly!

The men and horses under the city were also shocked when they heard this gun, and then they realized that the city was actually equipped with firearms......

However, at this moment, some people secretly rejoiced in their hearts, the power of the fire gun at this time was far inferior to that of the bow and arrow, not to mention, the loading was extremely cumbersome, the accuracy was even worse and scary, and most importantly, it was also very unstable and easy to explode.

This thing has a deterrent effect on Hu people who don't understand anything, but for Yan Jun, it really doesn't hurt!