When Zhao Min came to the city wall, Zhao Yun was arranging for the soldiers to carry the materials for defending the city, rolling stones, wood, vegetable oil, and iron nails, and the soldiers carried them on their shoulders like ants up and down the horse road of the city wall, and then transported them to all parts of the city wall along the galloping road. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhao Yun saw Zhao Min, and said with a serious expression: "The situation is not optimistic, according to the Tanmalai report, the enemy army is less than five miles away from the city, but most of our sergeants are not in good condition, and there are not a few who are weak in their hands and feet. Seeing Zhao Min's expression, he added: "The good news is that the enthusiasm of the residents in the city is high, and many people have come to help carry the materials spontaneously. As he spoke, he pointed to the city. Zhao Min looked in the direction of his finger, and saw groups of people dressed as ordinary people mixed among the soldiers, also shoulder-to-shoulder, regardless of each other.

Zhao Min was in a slightly better mood, sighed and said: "The military situation is urgent, and there is no need to be polite between you and me." According to Zilong, what are our chances of winning? He knew that although Zhao Yun had a gentle personality, he was very rigorous, and the words that came out of his mouth were almost not discounted.

Zhao Yun shook his head: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, how dare you speak lightly of victory or defeat?" If we only analyze from the number of people, although the number of our army is small, it occupies the advantage of defending the city, if we can grasp the opportunity to attack the Qingzhou Mansion army inside and outside, it may not be impossible to win the battle; However, Lu Xujun uncharacteristically chose the most unfavorable siege battle for him, and he may also have something to rely on, so the outcome is difficult to predict. ”

Zhao Min sighed again. Yes, how can there be a saying that you will win in a war, it still depends on the situation on the spot, and you are still too light on the enemy! I wanted the military-civilian party to win the hearts of the people, but I made my soldiers into soft-footed shrimps, is it really unpredictable? Now we can only hope for the fortified city. Fortunately, due to the ease of taking Pingshou, all the materials originally prepared by Pingshou to defend the city fell into his own hands, plus there were Zhao Yun, Jiang Qin and other fierce generals to defend the town, and the lives of the three armies may not be a big problem! stopped speaking at the moment, and set his eyes on the direction of the drama county.

Zhao Min didn't wait too long, and a little fire gradually appeared in the dark night. As time passed, the fire grew closer and brighter. I saw a huge team lined up in a straight line, stretching for miles, like a fiery snake winding towards meander, and there was no end in sight. When they got closer, the team stopped a stone's throw away and began to form a team. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than three hundred steps, and the faces on the opposite side were faintly visible, and from a distance, the banner of "Tianbao General Lu" flew up and down in the night wind, revealing a hideous feeling.

The speed of the opponent's whole team was not fast, but it was well organized, busy but not chaotic, obviously very different from the county soldiers that Zhao Min had seen. Lu Xu's troops have 3,000 soldiers who have been replaced, these soldiers are fighting against foreign races on the border, and the living environment is harsh, they are all veterans who have seen blood, and they are naturally not comparable to these old soldiers in the heartland. The soldiers in the city quietly watched the formation of Lu Xu's army under the city, and an invisible pressure gradually spread in the night sky.

Lu Xujun's whole team lasted for half an hour, and finally arranged into dozens of phalanxes, and the total strength should be about 7,000 people. Then I only heard a burst of drums and trumpets, and dozens of neatly arranged phalanxes were divided into two, and half of them walked around the city to the north, directly to the east city, and they were actually going to attack on both sides!

When the attacking team passed around the city, Zhao Min on the city tower saw the whole picture of the opponent's army clearly, and couldn't help but gasp, and a chill rushed to his head! I saw that Lu Xujun's clothes and armor were distinct, and his swords and guns were like a forest, and that's it; But about half of the attacking team was killed by crossbowmen, in other words, Lu Xujun had half of the crossbowmen! As mentioned earlier, archers are difficult to train, and a qualified archer takes a year or more to train, so archers rarely exist in formation; The crossbowmen are not a regular type of troops in the Xia Kingdom, but they are a team that can be formed immediately as long as there is a crossbow machine. Because he had only 300 crossbows obtained from the bandits and the Beihai soldiers, plus scattered archers, the crossbowmen only accounted for one-sixth of his total strength. But what do you see now? The contingent around the city was about 3,000 men, including at least 1,500 crossbowmen! In other words, Lu Xu's army has a crossbow team of no less than 3,000 people, accounting for nearly half of the total strength! Where did Lu Xu get so many crossbow bolts?

That's not all, Zhao Min also saw two huge ballistas in the team passing around the city!! If the crossbow machine cannot be popularized because the central government is not equipped with it, as long as you have the ability to make your own crossbow machine, it is not difficult to equip the team in batches; But the ballista ...... It's a rare thing in the entire Empire! Great Xia has been fighting with the Huns on the northwest frontier for many years, and has not had a good way to restrain the wolf riding tactics of the nomads who come and go like the wind. It was not until the time of Emperor Xia Xiaowu that Ma Xu, a native of Wuguan, obtained the manufacturing method of the crossbow from the Persian merchants, dedicated it to the emperor and applied it to actual combat, so that he could recover the decline in the battlefield, suppress the rampant Xiongnu wolf horse, and drive the Huns through Yinshan in one fell swoop, achieving the emperor's "Wu" nickname. But this kind of ballista manufacturing technology is also listed as top secret, not circulated in the world at all, the reason why Zhao Min can recognize the ballista at a glance is because he was not treated well when he was a teenager, and the collection of books in the palace has become his main way to pass the time, and the sharp weapon seen in the collection of books has impressed Zhao Min because of its great lethality, so it left indelible traces in the memory fragments. But where did Lu Xu get this kind of big killing weapon? And it's not one, if the team in Xicheng is also equipped with the same equipment as this team, it means that the other party has at least four ballistas!

At this time, Zhao Min had to take a fresh look at Lu Xu, thousands of crossbow machines, no less than four crossbow cars, this could never be taken out by a force that had only rebelled for a few days. How can all these armaments be completed in a matter of days? Under the bag between himself and Qingzhou Mansion, it is impossible for Lu Xu to be transported from the outside, so the only possibility is that he has already prepared. What are you doing with all this armament? The answer is self-evident, Lu Xu - he has long been willing to rebel!

Speaking of which, Lu Xu had already planned to rebel, but he had to raise troops in advance under his own series of persecution, so wouldn't it be equivalent to exposing Lu Xu's conspiracy, which should be a great achievement? No, no, no, his means of persecuting Lu Xu are not visible, and they must not be known to the world, as long as they can calm the rebellion in Beihai, it is enough!

Zhao Min was suddenly startled, at this time, the enemy is currently in the present, can he save his life or not, where are there so many messy thoughts? Shake your head and put aside the distractions in your mind and return your attention to the situation in front of you.

As Lu Xu's army launched a two-sided attack, Zhao Yun also quickly dispatched troops and arranged for Jiang Qin and Wei Ying to be stationed in Dongcheng with 500 people. You say 500 is too little? You must know that the width of a city wall is nothing more than less than two miles, and all 500 soldiers stand up and have an average of one soldier standing in about one step, which is not too thin but too dense, and even larger movements cannot be performed. In addition, nearly half of the soldiers had to be left as reserves, so 500 people were more than enough to defend a city wall!

With the sound of a drum, Lu Xu's army on the east and west sides marched neatly, and with the drumbeat advancing one by one, the siege battle officially began!

As Lu Xu's army advanced, the first to enter the firing range was Zhao Minjun, who had the advantage of the height of the city wall. Zhao Yun raised his left hand, staring at the distance on the opposite side, now he had just entered the range, the arrows could only reach the sword and shield soldiers in the front row, and it was not the best time to release the arrows, he had to wait until the enemy entered the maximum range before shooting, and strive to give the enemy the maximum damage for the first time. It was getting closer and closer, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred and twenty steps...... Now is the time! Zhao Yunxu's raised left hand waved down violently, and he shouted "put"! Then hundreds of crossbowmen released the bowstring (trigger) that had been tightly pulled in their hands, and hundreds of arrows slashed through the sky and fell into the enemy's battle formation! I saw blood splattering, arrows piercing through the fragile armor, piercing into the weak flesh, tearing through one bloody hole after another, leaving only a terrible wail echoing in the night sky!

Seeing the defenders make a move, the drumbeat in Lu Xu's army gradually increased, and the soldiers began to run. Although the defenders have a range advantage, it does not mean that the advantage can last forever, after shooting two rounds of crossbows, the city wall finally entered the range of Lu Xujun's crossbowmen. Hearing the sound of a horn, the sword and shield soldiers running in front did not stop, and continued to charge towards the city wall; The crossbowmen in the back row stopped in place, raised their crossbows one after another, aimed at the top of the city wall, and let out their vengeful roar!

What is it like to have thousands of crossbow arrows fired at the same time? Zhao Min finally saw it. Where is this still a feather arrow, it is clearly a rain arrow, a rain rain! A rain of arrows that obscures the sky! Although it was in the dark night, the arrows reflected in the firelight reflected the dazzling cold light and still joined together, which made people feel terrified! Zhao Min was completely stunned at this time, and he couldn't even raise his mind to dodge, what a majesty and horror this was! At this moment, I suddenly heard a broken cry in my ears: "Dodge the arrows!" The well-trained soldier immediately stepped back and stooped down, so that because of the angle, the arrows fired from the city could only whizz helplessly over the heads of the squatting soldiers. And several guards also appeared in front of Zhao Min and raised their big shields, blocking Zhao Min's front from being impassable! Then I heard a "ding ding dong" like a firecracker on the big shield in front of me, and actually hit several guards holding the big shield back again and again, which shows the strength of the strength! Fortunately, crossbow arrows, unlike bows and arrows, can only be fired horizontally, so defenders protected by walls have plenty of room to hide; If you switch to a thrown bow and arrow, the consequences are unimaginable!

Well-trained soldiers easily escaped the rain of arrows, but some newcomers were not so lucky. Some were so frightened that they stood on the spot, and some wanted to hide but didn't know where to hide; But in either case, in short, as long as the body is exposed in the rain of arrows that fill the sky, it is impossible to avoid being pierced by the arrows; If you are lucky, you can kill with an arrow, but if you are unlucky, you will be shot in the arm, thigh, and abdomen, and you will not die for a while, but you will be tortured by severe pain so that life is worse than death, you can only lie on the ground and scream, the sound is heartbreaking, and everyone who hears it is moved!