The Montenegrin army also has elites, but this time Zhou Cang did not send out all those men and horses, not that he didn't want to capture Hedong to defeat Liu Meng, but he felt that Liu Meng's army had no consumption at all at this time, which was not in line with his original intention, Liu Meng impressed him too deeply, he didn't believe that the elite of the self-army could fight a battle, or it was better to continue to implement the strategy of exhausting the troops, and he could continue to consume the strength in the hands of the leaders of all roads.

Most of the robbers sent by Zhou Cang this time were ordinary Black Mountain thieves, and the two leaders who were supervising the siege of the city saw that the Black Mountain Army was dispatched and ordered their men to withdraw, and the siege soldiers were also relieved when they heard the order to retreat, and the speed of turning around and retreating was much faster than the previous forward siege, and the pressure on them was too great, and killing them was like killing chickens and dogs.

Black Mountain bandits

Melee Attack 13

Charge power 3

Armor Defense 5

Calm down

Quantity 43752

Montenegrin Strongbow

Melee Attack 8

Ranged Attack 13

Charge Power 2

Armor Defense 5

Morale is high

Quantity 4824

Notes: The elite of the Montenegrin army is composed of strong and good marksmen, so the arrows sent have an armor-piercing effect.

Montenegrin Warriors

Melee Attack 15

Charge power 6

Armor Defense 6

Survivability 2

Morale is high

Quantity 1047

Notes: The top combat power of the Black Mountain Army's infantry soldiers, flexible and good at hand-to-hand combat, all the long knives are specially made, sharp and tough, so the attack has the effect of breaking armor.

Liu Meng stood on top of the city tower and clearly saw the attributes of the Montenegrin army in this dispatch, because of Zhou Cang's emphasis on military discipline last time, the 50,000 Montenegrin army was already quite orderly in its actions, unlike the people under Lei Ming who only knew how to rush forward in one go.

"These Montenegrin troops are indeed much higher than the Yellow Turban Bandits a few years ago, and they are worthy of the Montenegrin Army, which is known for its strong foot soldiers." Liu Meng's face was a little solemn, the Black Mountain Army was different from those scattered bandits, and its strength was the number one in the platoon in this era, if it weren't for the fact that there was no one in his army to lead the army. It must also be a powerful force.

The melee attack is even higher than that of the Cangya Battalion, which should be the result of years of fighting and honing with the officers and soldiers, but this does not mean that the Cangya Battalion is far inferior to the Black Mountain Army, and the Cangya Battalion can be regarded as a panacea. The Montenegrin army is only good at melee combat, and its resistance to cavalry and bows and arrows is not as good as that of the Cangya battalion.

The Montenegrin army and those bandits have a common characteristic, that is, the defense against long-range strikes is very insufficient, it can be said that there is almost none, but this is also normal. These people are just robbing houses and robbing caravans on weekdays, and fighting with the officers and soldiers is also when there are more enemy soldiers, they will run, and when there are fewer people, they will fight, a weapon is enough, and carrying a shield is simply a burden.

"Halberd card camp, the sorcerer comes forward." Liu Meng ordered.

Now that the Black Mountain Army has also been dispatched, Liu Meng will naturally not be stingy with the ammunition of the demon magician, otherwise it will not be as easy as before to let these people climb the city wall in close combat.

A thousand sorcerers dressed in cyan robes covered the entire city wall with a long snake formation, and in front of them were the halberd battalion soldiers who abandoned their halberds and held their shields.

This is Liu Meng's strong bow in order to guard against the enemy army, and the city wall of Hedong is not very high. After checking the attributes of the Black Mountain Strongbow, Liu Meng knew that these people could cause damage to the self-army on the city wall, although the Cangya Battalion also had resistance to arrows, but it was a little insufficient in the face of the Black Mountain Strongbow.

Sure enough, as Liu Meng expected, the Black Mountain Strongbow went first, and after entering the firing range, he set up to attack the city wall.

A strong arrow with a sound of breaking the sky flew straight towards the city wall, as if ignoring the offensive and defensive identities between the two, standing on the city wall holding a shield of the halberd battalion soldiers suddenly felt a strong attack, an arrow to nothing to nothing, but some soldiers in the hands of the shield was shot by a few arrows, and took a few steps back before standing firmly. And some of the more unlucky ones are shot by arrows because the shield is not enough to cover the body, and the defensive power of the armor is not enough to compare with the shield, because it is necessary to consider that it does not affect the action, and the shield can be thickened and weighted. The armor is not good, otherwise people are inconvenient to move or walk around after putting it on, then it is a live target on the battlefield, so although the defense of the armor of the halberd battalion is higher than the defense of the shield, these arrows do not penetrate the shield but shoot through the armor on their bodies, and the halberd battalion also has quite casualties for a while.

Even the halberd battalion will suffer casualties, not to mention the sorcerers and archers, but fortunately, Liu Meng was prescient. Put the two on the back foot, and there is no harm in it.

The role of the Black Mountain Bow is to suppress the defenders on the city wall, and then the Black Mountain thieves as the main force of this siege naturally came to the city wall quickly, because the defenders on the city wall were suppressed, so the casualties were not very large, but before they could put the ladder on the city wall, a small black jar fell.

"What is this? You're going to smash me to death with this? It's too whimsical, and this accuracy is too bad, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it was thrown down casually. The Black Mountain thieves all thought so in their hearts.

Soon, these small jars that fell answered the doubts of these Black Mountain thieves.

The small jar made a low explosion sound when it fell to the ground, this is not a bomb grenade, the system will not be so advanced no matter how against the sky, after the sound disappears, it will be followed by rising flames, it is fire oil! The small jar was full of fire oil, and there should have been something in it that would have sparked after a violent impact, otherwise it would not have fallen to the ground and would have burned.

The sudden fire stunned the Montenegrin army, although the range of the sorcerer was very close, but it was relative to the crossbowman, so it was not just under the city wall that caught fire, but as long as the Montenegrin army was quite dense, it was on fire.

Once the fire oil burns, it is difficult to extinguish, and the sand is okay, but now that it is winter, the earth is frozen as hard as stone, so how can these Montenegrin troops take soil to extinguish the fire?

For a while, the Montenegrin army was full of mourning, and Zhou Cang was also dumbfounded when he looked back.

"Is this a fire ploy?" Zhou Cang couldn't help muttering to himself in his heart.

He didn't despise Liu Meng in the slightest, but he didn't expect Liu Meng to use such a method to defend the city, and he also knew about the fire oil, but the general usage can only be laid in advance, and it can't be used directly at all. But if that's the case, he can't find out Zhoucang, then he's blind.

The fire in front made it impossible for the Montenegrin army that was beyond the range of the sorcerer to advance, but Zhou Cang didn't give an order, and they didn't know what to do, they couldn't help put out the fire, and they didn't dare to rush up, and they were stunned for a while.

They were stunned, but Liu Meng on the city wall would not be stunned, because the enemy army had already approached, and Liu Meng would not let the archers come forward, just shoot blindly, the arrows continued to fall in the Montenegrin army, and from time to time unlucky Montenegrin bandits were shot. (To be continued.) )