"Thieves are weird!" Wang Qian watched the thief army slowly retreat, camping ten miles away from the castle, and said to Liu Jun with a frown.

"There's no need to be weird to be a problem." Liu Jun also didn't understand the thief's behavior, and after last night's failure, today's strong attack can be said to be that the thief was overconfident and unwilling to fail last night's sneak attack. But today, after a long day of storming, leaving hundreds of corpses, and finally just filling in a few passages in the trenches, and not even touching the city wall, the thief was still unwilling to retreat at this time, what the hell are they doing?

Maybe the thieves want to repeat their old tricks, and if they can't attack, they want to attack at night instead.

Or maybe the thieves have already admitted defeat, but they are afraid that the defenders in the city will pursue, so they deliberately sent people to put down the cruel words, saying that they would give the city a night to think about it, so that they would open the door and surrender tomorrow, but in fact, they would wait for it to retreat after dark.

There are both possibilities, but Liu Jun still thinks that the former is more likely.

"Strengthen precautions and send more people to keep an eye on the thieves." Before waiting for the enemy to move, Liu Jun could only arrange it like this.

Cheers began to erupt from the top of the city, and everyone celebrated that they had once again succeeded in repelling the thieves.

"Tell the soldiers, not to take the enemy lightly. In addition to the people on duty at the head of the city, all the members of the nine-headed bird team are resting in the hidden soldier cave in the urn city wall, and then organize 1,000 young people to be on standby at any time in the Tibetan soldier cave, and then organize the rest of the young people to take turns guarding the north city gate, and at the same time strengthen the vigilance of the east and west city walls, and never give the thieves the slightest opportunity. Liu Jun was not careless.

The team members were not even allowed to go back to the Yacheng barracks to rest, but asked everyone except those on duty in the city to go to the Tibetan Soldier Cave to stand by.

On the urn city wall in the north and south gates of the tiger head fort, there are many hidden caves built when building. These caves were built on the inner wall of the urn city, and each urn city was equipped with two layers of cave caves, six on each floor, for a total of 36 caves.

The Cave is actually a passage room built on the inner wall of the Urn City, and each cave is equivalent to the size of a council hall and can accommodate a hundred people. This kind of hiding hole is set up for the needs of wartime, which can not only store military materials in case they can be transported to the city at any time, but also can be used as a resting place for the soldiers, so that they can rest nearby, and if necessary, they can rush to the city head in the fastest time for reinforcements.

Even at special times, you can put the enemy into the urn city, and then fall down the gate of the urn city, and the guards stand at the entrances of the hidden soldiers cave and shoot the enemy condescendingly with the guards on the surrounding city heads.

There are hidden soldiers' caves, and when it rains and snows, even under the scorching sun, everyone no longer has to squat on the head of the city to get caught in the wind and rain, nor do they have to go back to the barracks.

When defending the city, the Tibetan Soldier Cave was a barracks and a war storehouse.

"I don't know when the reinforcements will arrive." Zhang Shan sighed as he stroked the window edge of the arrow tower.

"There are not many of them, and there are not many of them, just such a few bandits, we are enough for nine-headed birds." Feng Sheng said confidently. I have to say that the two battles last night and today have greatly improved the self-confidence of the officers and men of the Hydra. It turned out that he had fought a few times, but he only fought with some small bandits, but this time it was different, the opponent not only had more than 3,000 people, but also wandered in the Central Plains for more than ten years, and even repeatedly defeated the official army and attacked the old thieves of the fifth battalion of the back left to break the state.

But these famous bandits and thieves were defeated by the nine-headed bird, and they had no body and no face. The soldiers of the Nine-headed Bird really found a lot of self-confidence from them, and everyone suddenly found that they were already so strong. Those thieves who were so fierce in the past were defeated at their hands.

Except for the corpses that were thrown behind, they couldn't be shaken at all.

Because of this, many players are even a little overconfident. Liu Jun didn't say much, everyone was happy and happy, but he still knew very well in his heart that the nine-headed bird was not really that strong because of this.

Although the results of this operation were gratifying, they were also achieved through various factors. Most importantly, this was a defensive battle, they happened to have a newly built fortress with a three-dimensional fortification system, and the Hydra happened to be a long-range army with many firearms, bows and arrows.

In addition, it is early autumn, the weather is sunny, and there is no strong wind, which is most conducive to the use of firearms.

In this way, the firearms of the nine-headed bird, coupled with the fortifications that were stronger than many county towns, finally achieved their victory. But this does not mean that they have become an invincible elite army, and if this battle is placed in the field, the result will definitely be different. If the enemy had been a well-prepared army and had not begun a careless attack and suffered such heavy losses, the outcome of the battle might have been different.

In short, Liu Jun still clearly maintained his understanding of the Nine-Headed Bird Troupe.

Because of this, Liu Jun was very vigilant and cautious about the thief army of more than 2,000 people who were camped ten miles outside the city.

"Maybe we should come and treat others the way we want them again, and tonight we will go out of the city and attack the thieves' camp and defeat them in one fell swoop." Feng Sheng, the head of the team at night, proposed while chewing a piece of jerky.

When the war was over and it was getting twilight, the canteen prepared hot meals and delivered them directly to the city. Liu Jun and many flag-level officers directly put dinner in the arrow tower of the south gate, and discussed the military situation while eating.

"Don't just have some advantages, take advantage of the upper hand, and your tail to the sky." Liu Jun unceremoniously criticized Feng Sheng, this kind of wave must be suppressed. "There may be a chance that the sneak attack will succeed, but in general, the risks far outweigh the benefits, so we can't afford to take that risk. The current situation is that we have a complete advantage, we are in the upper hand, as long as we guard the city wall, the thieves will have no choice, and in the end they will either retreat, or stay here and be surrounded by the officers and troops who have rushed here, and be annihilated here. So don't mention any more sneak attacks. ”

"Last night the thieves were killed seven hundred and twenty-eight and twenty people were captured. Today's round of strong attack during the day, the results of the battle have also been counted, we cut off the head of the two hundred and thirty-seven levels, this is not all, some of the bandits were killed and directly filled to the bottom of the trench, it is estimated that these trenches were filled in at least dozens of people, calculated, the thieves today at least 300 people under the city. In addition, there were many wounded, and the thieves lost no less than 600 people to us on this day and night. ”

Zhu Yuancheng counted the battle losses of the enemy and us with his fingers, the bandits were killed at least 600 in the battle, and there must have been a lot of wounded. The losses of the relative thieves were heavy, and the losses of the nine-headed bird were slight. Three were killed in the battle last night, two seriously wounded died without help, and during the day, in this battle, a total of seven were killed, and they were still relatively unlucky to be hit by shells, of which five were reserve members, and only two were regular members.

All together, in a day and a night of fighting, only twelve of the Nine-headed Bird Regiment died, plus those who were seriously injured and disabled, the reduction was less than twenty.

The nine-headed bird was not injured at all, but it only lost a trench and consumed a batch of gunpowder bows and arrows.

"We can fight the bandits in the city, but my only concern is whether the thieves are waiting for reinforcements? Will more bandits come? ”

Zhu Yuancheng also talked about a matter that everyone is worried about, the Diamond Leopard is not a single gang, he is a man of the Fifth Battalion of the Huizuo, and he is also the brother of the old Hui Ma Shouying. Although the Fifth Battalion of Huizuo is not as powerful as the two years earlier, it is entrenched in the Yinghuo Mountains across the mountain, and the total number of men and horses in each battalion is still tens of thousands. It is even no exaggeration to say that in the whole world today, the fifth battalion of the old Hui Hui gang is the most powerful bandit today, and there is no one.

No one can guarantee whether Lao Huihui really only sent people from the Diamond Leopard all the way.

Tiger Head Fort is more than enough to deal with a Drill Sky Leopard, but if more thieves come, Tiger Head Fort is small after all, and there are not many defenders.

Liu Jun saw everyone's worries, and comforted everyone, "Even if you come back to your relatives, don't worry, we are not alone, they dare to leave the nest in the Yinghuo Mountains, then the officials and troops from Henan, Huguang and even Nanzhili, Jiangxi and other places will also come to encircle and suppress." ”

No one dares to guarantee that the old man will not come, but since he can't guarantee it, then do his part.

Until dark, the Diamond Leopard did not make any other movements. They really set up camp and stopped. When night fell, it was dark, but the lights on the tiger head fort were bright, like day.

Liu Jun concentrated the main force of the nine-headed bird in Nancheng, divided it into three parts, one was a town, two rested, each on duty for three hours, and he even summoned thousands of young and strong men to stand by in the Tibetan soldier cave at any time, ready for reinforcements.

Liu Jun himself didn't sleep at all, he was fully armed, and he kept patrolling the city.

The first half of the night was fine, and the night team sent out of the city also kept an eye on the thieves, and every once in a while they went to the city to report the enemy situation with lights.

"Maybe we're wrong?" Zhang Shan said to Liu Jun that the thieves neither retreated overnight nor attacked in the middle of the night, they stayed in the camp so honestly, it was unbelievable.

"Let's spend it, see who consumes whom." Liu Jun felt the cool night breeze blowing on his face, and said lightly. "Cheer up, maybe the thieves will attack at dawn and catch us off guard."

"Big brother, you go back to rest first, we are here to watch, and we will report to you if there is a situation." Zhang Shan looked at Liu Jun's somewhat tired face and said.

"Yes, today's Shen San Lady is here to donate silver again, and she is here to sing and dance, it's really amazing. Big brother, you might as well go over and thank them. Wang Qian laughed.

"No, I'm not going anywhere tonight, I'll just stay at the head of this city." Liu Jun couldn't help but smile when he thought of Shen Man's gentle and charming appearance, but he still decided to stick to it until dawn.

The brothers stood in the city, talking together easily, and even began to recall the time when they were young and frivolous a few years ago, everyone was a little emotional, a few years later, now everyone has become a military attache of the imperial court, although it is only a local township regiment, but it is indeed a class.

"This battle is over, it's time for the eldest brother to be promoted again, kill so many thieves, and they are all famous thieves, how can the court give the eldest brother a seven-rank promotion."

"I think I have to go up to a thousand households."

"Qianhu is a five-grade official, and some are too high."

Everyone is in a happy mood, Liu Jun is promoted, and they will definitely be able to follow suit. At the thought of that good thing, everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves galloping was heard outside the city.

"The thieves are out of the camp, the thieves are out of the camp, the thieves are out of the camp." It was Feng Sheng's subordinates who rushed to the city, and they were sent to monitor the thief camp.

As soon as he heard this, Liu Jun's little drowsiness was gone, and the whole person suddenly became energetic.

What should have come is still coming.

"Ring the alarm bell and move all the team members to the city." Liu Jun ordered loudly.

The thieves came quickly, and the members of the nine-headed bird had just ascended to the top of the city, ready to go, and more than 2,000 bandits had already arrived at the city. From a distance, there were torches under the city.

"The thieves pushed up a lot of cars, what are they loaded with, the cannon?" Zhang Shan held the clairvoyant mirror and watched, and said a little strangely.

Liu Jun also held up a clairvoyant mirror to watch, and indeed launched a lot of cars from the thief array, but it was not the exterminating cannon he had seen during the day. It looks like some of the big kites.

Just as everyone was guessing what they were, a thief came forward with a torch.

Then, ignited the contents of the car.

There are sparks, they are burning, they are leads.

"Oh my God, is it the Divine Fire Crow?" Zhao Shun, who was called, suddenly took a long breath and exclaimed.

"Divine Fire Crow?" Everyone read together in confusion.

"What's that?" Zhang Shan asked.

"It's a firearm, a firearm that flies. Similar to a rocket, but far more powerful than a rocket. ”

When everyone was still imagining what this kind of Divine Fire Crow was that was countless times more powerful than a rocket, there was an extremely spectacular scene under the city.

In the night, in front of the bandits, hundreds of fire crows rose into the air.

They soar into the night sky, with long tails of flame.

"Wow!"

"What the fuck is this!"

Everyone exclaimed, and then found that these fire crows were rushing towards the tiger head fort.

Hundreds of fire ravens flew in there, and the scene was truly spectacular. But Liu Jun knew that this spectacular scene would definitely bring great damage to it.

"Zhao Shun, what the hell is this Divine Fire Crow!" He couldn't help but shout, he couldn't calm down anymore.

Zhao Shun replied with some shock, "There are five kinds of explosives in the Divine Fire, Open Fire, Poisonous Fire, Flying Fire, and Agni, each with different uses, this thing is mainly made of slivers, shaped like a flying crow, with flying wings on both sides, explosives of different formulas suspended on the abdomen, and a flotter tied to the tail, which is ignited and launched by gunpowder to boost the air, and then fly to the target with the wind." ”

"This fire crow can fly more than 100 zhang away, can be launched outside the city during the siege of the city, fall into the city with the wind, burn the camp on land, burn the ship in the water, burn the city in the city, extremely powerful, and even if it is equipped with poisonous fire, it can also spread poisonous smoke."

"I'm grass!"

Now Liu Jun really understands what this thing is for, to put it bluntly, it is a rocket, but it is more powerful than a rocket, after all, a rocket can't shoot a hundred feet away. It's a little like Kong Ming lanterns, but it's much more powerful than Kong Ming lanterns, and it won't always be floating in the sky, this is an incendiary bomb, which is used to directly set fire to the city.

The target is not the head of the city, but the inside of the city.

The thieves are going to burn the city, damn it.

Looking at the hundreds of fire crows flying in the sky, Liu Jun was really angry.

"Yuan Cheng, you immediately organize the people in the fort to prepare to extinguish the fire crows, drop one by one, and never let these fire crows burn the tiger head fort."

Although the main buildings in the city are made of stone or earth, there are still many of them made of wood, and even many shops and most of the houses are made of wood.

The Divine Fire Crow swooped down into the castle with the wind, and the thieves began a second wave of attacks.

This time it was the exterminator, nine were destroyed during the day, and there were twenty-seven left, at this time, a salvo was fired at the head of the city, and even Liu Jun found that the thieves did not have more than twenty-seven cannons, they even had a lot of tiger squat cannons, which were not seen during the day, but at this time they moved to the front of the formation, dug a pit and buried there, and launched a salvo with the exterminator cannon on the exterminator car.

For a while, the sky above the city was a fire meteor-like divine fire crow, and the oncoming sky was full of lead bullets and lead.

The attack was unprecedentedly fierce, and the nine-headed bird members at the head of the city could only hold their shields and shrink behind the female wall, not daring to show their heads at all.

The thieves of the brigade charged with shields and ladders and screaming.

The attack was more fierce than during the day, and the night was dark, making it completely impossible for the Hydra to suppress the thief's attack for a while.

Could it be that the thieves retreated after half the day, it turned out that they were brewing a more violent night attack.

Under the cover of artillery fire, they quickly crossed the trench, then climbed over the sheep and horse walls, and finally pounced under the walls.

One after another ladders were erected and reached the city wall, and a large number of bandits stepped on the ladders and began to attack the city.