Two days later, the preparations for the attack on Xiling were all completed, and Liu Xiu swore an oath under Xiling City, he didn't say much, just announced the principle of reward and punishment, and then invited Mrs. Lu to take the stage. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the end of April, the weather was already very warm, Mrs. Lu wore a Taoist crown, a white Zen robe, embroidered with several Taoist charms on the clothes, climbed the high platform, the slightly hot river breeze blew, the clothes danced, chic and elegant, like a fairy in the people. Behind him stood Lan Lan and another young man, one holding a sword and the other holding a talisman, and they were also dignified, and they were liked at first glance.

Mrs. Lu stood on the high platform and looked around, and the soldiers on all sides suddenly quieted down, raised their heads one by one, and looked at Mrs. Lu on the high platform with warm eyes. Mrs. Lu didn't look back, her left hand was raised, three pieces of rune paper flew into the air, her right hand stretched out, and pulled out the long sword from Lan Lan's hand, the sword light flashed, and the three pieces of rune paper were inserted into the sword, and with a slight shake, the rune paper suddenly spontaneously combusted, turning into a cloud of green smoke in an instant.

"Huh, how did you do that?" Xun You, who was standing beside Liu Xiu, asked in surprise.

Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders: "This is a secret that is not passed on, how do I know." He paused, and then said, "However, Mrs. Lu's swordsmanship has improved again, and she stabbed three fluttering paper talismans in the air, and her eye and wrist strength are not ordinary. ”

While they were gossiping, Mrs. Lu had already burned a few talismans in a row, and then suddenly jumped up in mid-air, dancing a few times with a sword light. She was in mid-air, but she didn't fall, she saw everyone stunned and convinced, only Liu Xiu's eyesight was outstanding, he saw Mrs. Lu stepping on an inch-thick iron wire under her feet, the wire was painted white, blocked by the white banner behind her, and she couldn't see it if she didn't pay attention to it, as if she was floating in mid-air.

Despite this, Liu Xiu was full of praise for Mrs. Lu's light body technique, even if Zhang Ming or Zhang Yanlai, who was known as Feiyan, was afraid that he would be ashamed. It seems that Mrs. Lu will not be able to break through the dragon chant for too long.

After Mrs. Lu burned a few talismans, recited a spell, and performed a few spells, the soldiers around her were already enthusiastic, like a god possessed, thinking that they were invulnerable, and that felt like a fight with the Boxers in later movies. Especially those barbarian soldiers in Jiangxia and Nanjun, they came out of the formation, holding a shield in their left hand, holding a knife in their right hand, and stomping on the ground with two big feet, hitting the shield with a knife, singing and dancing, hitting the shield with a knife from time to time, making a "bang" sound, with a heroic and majestic roar and strong and powerful dance steps, it is even more warlike.

"This is the war dance!" Xun You knew that Liu Xiu's knowledge was poor, and he said in his ear: "The ancient barbarians would dance the war dance before the war to boost morale. ”

Liu Xiu nodded again and again, this almost primitive dance is indeed powerful enough, if you draw various patterns on your face, it will be similar to the Indian warriors in the movie.

With the last strong note of the war dance, the tall soldier who led the dance raised his sword and shouted: "Kill! ”

The soldiers behind him shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! ”

The eyes of the soldiers everywhere were red, and they stomped their feet and shouted: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

The 20,000 soldiers roared in unison, the ground shook, and even Xiling City, which was hundreds of steps away, felt the murderous aura that soared into the sky. Li Feng stood at the head of the city, his face was very ugly, he looked at the battle formation with flags flying in the distance, and there was a burst of cold sweat behind him. He was not only shocked by the murderous aura of the army outside the city, but also by the number of troops Liu Xiu. The battle flags outside the city dazzled him, and he couldn't tell for a while how thick Liu Xiu's battle formation was, could it be that Liu Xiu had arranged forty or fifty thousand people here? If this is the case, he promised Yuan Shu that he would keep his promise for a month, but there was no possibility of fulfilling it.

Li Feng looked at the southern sky, he didn't know where Yuan Shu's reinforcements had arrived. The swamp in the south has been controlled by the Jingzhou sailors led by Cai Mao, and the ships can't get close at all, since the day before yesterday, Liu Xiu began to strengthen the clearing around Xiling City, and it is difficult for scouts to enter Xiling City even if they cross the mountains and mountains.

Xiling City has become an isolated city.

Taking advantage of the high morale, the three generals in charge of the siege immediately commanded the soldiers to enter the battle formation, and the ballista carts were pushed to the front. These ballistas were like big wooden boxes, and after they were pushed about a hundred paces from the city wall, two strong men rushed forward, erected a wooden plank, buried two feet in the ground, suspended the ballista in the air, and then began to shake the two wheels vigorously. The huge planks covered their bodies behind them, and the soldiers on the walls could not hurt them, and they appeared to be covered with iron or raw cowhide, which even rockets could not burn. In addition to the two strong men, three soldiers were busy behind each ballista, one crouching on the ground and untying bundles of arrows, the other carrying arrows onto the ballista, and the other lying motionless behind the crossbow.

The two ballistae were separated by two steps, which was reserved for the infantry to charge, and on the three-hundred-pace-wide position, there were three rows in front and behind, with a total of three hundred ballistae each. Behind the ballista, there is a five-fold infantry formation pushing a ladder cart, behind the foot soldiers, dozens of tall stone throwers, and further back, is the murderous main army array.

Li Feng's heart was shocked, he found that Liu Xiu's battle formation was different, he didn't use archers and crossbowmen, only crossbows and high stone throwers. He didn't know what the rate of fire of these ballistae was, but he believed that since Liu Xiu dared to use these ballistas instead of crossbowmen, the power of these ballistas would not be worse than those of crossbowmen.

In the south of the city, Le looked at the Jingzhou Navy warship that was slowly approaching, and his mood was no better than Li Feng. There were more than a hundred ships, each with a ballista in the bow, and behind it, several large warships, several catapults stood majestically, ready to go. Behind them, nearly a hundred Mengchong fighting ships stood excited soldiers, holding shields and sharp swords, and looking at the head of Xiling City with enthusiastic eyes. Le felt countless eyes rolling around his neck.

Le clenched his teeth tightly, afraid that he would not be able to control the fear in his heart, and made the sound of his teeth hitting each other. His hands were clenched into fists, so tight that their joints were white, and he leaned against the wall, but he couldn't suppress the sweat.

The weather in early summer, the warm sunshine, but as cold as winter, the river breeze blowing is not cold, but the face is cold.

Not only Le and Li Feng, but also the guards on the other three city walls in Xiling City, except for the East City, which was not included in Liu Xiu's attack location, the other three city walls were in a similar mood, and the more excited the soldiers outside the city, the more nervous they became, looking at the battle formation that could not see the end at a glance, their hearts couldn't help but sink.

Liu Xiu, who was sitting on the command platform of the Chinese army, waved his hand lightly and ordered the attack to begin. Meng Da waved the colored flag in his hand and passed the order to the three battle formations. Ten topless sweaters waved their muscular arms and beat a one-man tall cowhide war drum.

"Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock knock knock ......" The majestic sound of war drums rippled in all directions like water waves.

The Xu Rong battle array in the west was the first to respond: "Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock knock knock ......"

Hua Xiong, who was standing in front of the formation, had a cold face, his sword was unsheathed, and he let out a long roar: "Attack-"

Standing behind the ballista, the strong crossbow captain shouted angrily: "Fire!" ”

With a muffled "buzz", the hundred ballistae in the first row began to shoot continuously, and the feather arrows flew out of the ballista, twisted strangely in the air, pierced the air, and the tail feathers instantly swung and flagged away. The first arrow just flew out, the second followed suit, and the third followed. In a few breaths, each ballista fired ten arrows.

"Wind! First quarter! The crossbowman in charge of shooting stood up and shouted as he watched the direction of the arrow he had fired. The two strong men shook the wheels quickly, and with a tooth-sore winding sound, the "click" was endless, and the bowstrings were pulled up again. The person in charge of changing the arrows quickly pulled out a wooden board engraved with ten arrow slots, and the circlip automatically pushed the wooden board with the good arrows into the firing position. The upper archer quickly fills the arrow in the arrow slot and then pushes in the vacant spare horizontal.

A thousand arrows turned into a dark cloud, roaring and pulling on the head of Xiling City, they just turned down, and before they could penetrate into the ** of the soldiers, a hundred ballistas in the second row also began to fire, and another thousand arrows flew quickly, and then the third batch of arrows followed.

The last row had just finished shooting, the strings of the first row had been prepared, and at the sound of an order, the second launch began.

Three hundred ballistas completed three rounds of shooting in just a few dozen breaths, pouring at least twenty or thirty thousand arrows into the city, and in a moment, the originally neat city head had an extra layer of fluffy city walls out of thin air, and many sharp arrows were shot into the rammed earth, and the soldiers at the head of the city did not expect the crossbow arrows under the city to be so urgent, and they did not expect the power of these crossbow arrows to be so strong, many people could not raise their shields, and were shot through the body by sharp crossbow arrows, although some people raised their shields, but the shield was shot wherever there was a little unsturdy place, and the crossbow arrows broke through the shield, shooting the body hidden behind, especially the left arm, which was used to support the shield.

And those stone throwers are even more fierce, the big boulder with a large head roars, smashes on the battlements, the city wall trembles, the battlements are broken, the dust flies, smashes to the shield, the shield scatters, the soldiers are smashed to the flesh and blood, one by one can not support their bodies, fly backwards, many people from the city wall overturned, fell heavily to the city, frightened the people hiding at the foot of the city wall screamed for a while.

Li Feng hid in the city tower, standing behind the shields composed of rows of personal guards, but his shock was not weak. Lu Yi had already noticed him, Hua Xiong also noticed him, at least three stone throwers aimed at the city tower, after a round of intensive shooting, three boulders hit the city tower, penetrated the roof, pierced the wooden doors and windows, hit the tiles and sawdust flying in the air, and landed Li Feng on his head and face, unable to open his eyes.

Just when they were panicking, the dense arrow feathers took advantage of the weakness and shot down several guards, and the shield array was in chaos for a while.

"Captain, run, run, the building is going to collapse." The guards took a look at the gurgling castle tower and shouted in alarm.

The city was in chaos, but the city was in full swing, and the foot soldiers began to run with ladder carts.

In the north of the city, Hua Xiong's voice trembled with excitement, and he yelled repeatedly: "Hurry up, hurry up, Lao Tzu wants to be the first to go to the city!" ”

In the west of the city, Huang Zhong pulled out the war knife given to him by Liu Xiu, and roared sharply: "Charge!" ”

In the south of the city, Huang Zu threw off his helmet, slammed the back of the oarsman with the back of his knife, and scolded: "Hurry up, row quickly, don't be preempted by Huang Hansheng." ”