Listening to the deafening sound of war drums and the shouts of cháo water, Xu Rong raised his eyebrows, and finally opened his eyes that had been half-open and half-closed, he stood up, raised his clairvoyance and observed it carefully for a while, his thick lips smacked twice, and a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info ◎ Smart kids remember to be super fast hand to play updates.◎

"Ready!" Xu Rong said lightly, and his thick palm pressed down lightly and clenched into a fist.

Gongsun Du glanced at him, saw the excitement before the decisive battle in his eyes, and couldn't help but get excited. He answered, turned and walked towards the guard camp. Xu Rong beckoned, called a herald, and whispered a few words in his ear. The heralds took their heads one after another, and walked forward quickly. He first walked to the catapult position and gave a few orders, then walked to the ballista position, and gave a few instructions as well, and then rushed to the front army blocking position and the right flank, respectively, to convey Xu Rong's orders.

The catapult position began to get busy, and they moved the clay pots from the cart one by one, and carefully placed them next to the stone-throwing cart, each of which was about the size of a pig's head, and was tightly sealed, without any marks on the surface, and it was impossible to see what was inside, but it could be seen from the cautious demeanor of the cāo gunners that they attached great importance to these clay pots.

The ballista also began to prepare, the strong men in charge of winding the wheels drank the water in large gulps, and then poured the rest of the water on their bodies, and some people simply dipped their heads in the buckets, wiped their faces happily, and then walked to the side, helping each other to put on their battle jackets, put on their battle armor, insert their war knives into their belts, pick up the shields placed aside, and walked behind the foot soldiers in front of them, ready to charge.

After three battles. The infantry phalanx on the opposite side lost more than 100 people, although the casualties were not large, but the physical exertion was not small, and there were not a few minor injuries, the formation was a lot thinner, with the addition of more than 400 strong men, the formation was thick again.

Now there was only one shèman and one archer left next to each ballista. They were talking and laughing as they helped each other put on their robes and armors. It is not comfortable to put on a battle suit and armor in such weather, and the battle suit that you just put on is quickly soaked. Sticking to his body, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead and running down his greasy cheeks. But the soldiers did not cry out. With a relaxed smile on their faces, they all seemed to be going to a banquet instead of fighting, but changing into the most gorgeous clothes.

On the right flank, the soldiers were checking each other's equipment, putting aside all the damaged weapons and replacing them with usable ones as much as possible, and some of them even inserted spare swords in their belts. Those who are confident in their archery skills take out the arrows in the arrow basket one by one and check them, and then carefully put them in, moving the bow and arrows to the most convenient position.

Rear formation. Those who were seriously injured could no longer fight, and the wounded who had been treated urgently were sent to the small boats docked on the shore and ready to go. The officers and men of the baggage battalion, who were responsible for healing the wounded and guarding the baggage, were also ready for battle and entered their respective positions according to the order.

Everything is in order.

Just when Xu Rong changed his formation, every 10,000 Yuan troops also began to change formations. They stood in array to the east and south, and they were fierce and murderous. In order to prevent them from eating up the arrow array, although they complained about those giant shields, they did not dare to give up easily. These giant shields proved to be bulky though. It is also very inconvenient to carry, but the protection of the arrow array is very reliable. After all, a perverted god like Huang Zhong was a rare animal, and there was no possibility that the bows and crossbows of ordinary soldiers could be worn on such a thick wooden shield. Moreover, the wooden shield is strong enough, and the sharp sword is not only difficult to split, but also may sink on it.

The drums of war sounded again, and the phalanx of 20,000 people began to advance, they lined up in a dense formation, held heavy wooden shields, walked in neat steps, shouted trumpets, and approached step by step. The roars of 20,000 people converged into an unstoppable torrent that made the earth tremble, make people tremble, and make the horses restless.

The knights had already turned over their horses, took off their swords and spears, and pulled down their masks, they looked at Yuan Jun in the distance, reined in the reins, and controlled the war horses under their crotches to welcome the arrival of that moment.

Xu Rong narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the Yuan army array that was getting closer and closer, and gave orders silently.

"Ballista, start attacking!"

Colorful flags flew, and the ballista began to send out the first wave of attacks, and the feather arrows tore through the air, making a loud roar, and pounced on the Yuan army on both sides.

"Raise the shield—" Yuan Jun let out a loud roar, and the marching Yuan soldiers leaned closer and tighter, and they raised the wooden shield above their heads to protect their whole body. Although it is tiring to do so, if you want to save Xing's life under the opponent's sharp arrow array, all the hard work is worth it.

"Whoosh!" Feathered arrows galloped in.

"Knock knock!" The sharp jing steel arrow shè in the wooden shield made a dull sound like a torrential rain. Although these arrows were sharp, they could not shè through these wooden shields, but only pierced deep into the wooden shields, so that the soldiers holding the wooden shields leaned closer and covered more tightly. Beads of sweat poured out in bursts, running sideways across their faces, soaking every inch of skin, but they didn't dare to put down their wooden shields to catch their breath.

Xu Rong held his clairvoyant eyes and carefully watched the Yuan army's formation getting closer and closer.

Two hundred steps! One hundred steps! Eighty steps!

The pace of Yuan's march was getting faster and faster, and the people at the front had already begun to run. Xu Rong put down his clairvoyance, raised his head, and looked at the big flag beside him. There was no wind, the flag hung down, and it did not move.

Xu Rong smiled and waved his big hand lightly. "Let's go!"

The flag soldier waved the colored flag in his hand and gave the order to start the attack to the catapult position. The gunners, who had been ready to stop for a long time, raised their large wooden hammers and slammed them down. With a "boom" sound, the huge counterweight wooden box suddenly sank, and the long pole drew an arc, carrying dozens of clay pots, and flew into the sky.

The clay pot made a whining sound in the air, flew over a distance of nearly a hundred steps, and smashed down towards the advancing Yuan army.

Sergeant Yuan had already learned the power of these stone-throwing carts. However, they also knew that although the power of these stone throwers was great, and the stone balls thrown could easily shatter the wooden shield, but the number was limited, and the lethality was not as good as the arrow array. It is not the stone ball to be guarded against, but the arrow that follows. As long as they don't mess up and keep the formation as much as possible, the opponent's arrow array will not succeed. If the arrows don't work, the effectiveness of these catapults will be greatly reduced.

All the soldiers of the Yuan army hid behind their shields, praying that their fate would not be so bad.

"Smack!" "Smack!" With a muffled sound, the clay pots struck the shield, and the shield was smashed. But it didn't break, and the clay pot was torn apart, bursting out with clouds of white mist. These white mist were scattered everywhere and pervasive, fascinating the eyes of Yuan's soldiers. stained their faces and hands.

"Ahem, ahem!" Many people were choked and coughed.

"No, it's quicklime!" The experienced soldier immediately shouted: "Cover your mouth and nose, don't be burned!" ”

Quicklime can boil when it encounters water, and as soon as it enters the mouth and nasal cavity, it will work with the water inside, producing an unbearable burning sensation, which has long been used on the battlefield, especially the use of quicklime in the defense of the city is very ordinary, and experienced soldiers are no strangers to it. As soon as they heard that it was quicklime, almost all of them subconsciously covered their mouths and noses.

But they forgot one thing. Now they are sweating profusely, and all the exposed skin is sweat layer after layer, and quicklime does not need to enter their mouth and nose at all, as long as it gets on their skin and is soaked with sweat. It can make a sizzling sound, and it is no different from the damage caused by entering the mouth and nose.

Soon some people felt an unbearable burning sensation, and they could no longer bother to cover their mouths and noses, and desperately wiped their lime-stained hands on their bodies, hoping to wipe the lime off. It's just that as soon as they let go of their hands, lime powder flying everywhere got into their noses. Drilling into their gaping mouths, the burning sensation not only did not decrease, but spread at a faster rate.

"Ahh There weren't a lot of limes, but as soon as they came, the strict formation disappeared all at once, and everyone was huddled together, shouting and screaming mixed together, and they wanted to stop, but the companions behind them squeezed them, so that they couldn't stand firm at all, and squeezed forward step by step.

"Whew-"

"Whew-"

One by one, the clay pots fell from the sky and smashed on the shields, and more and more quicklime flew out of the clay pots, scattering on the bodies, faces, and hands of those Yuan soldiers, and once they came into contact with sweat, they quickly squeaked.

The soldiers behind were still a hundred paces away, and when they saw black shadows falling from the sky in front of them, and then bursting into clouds of white smoke, they immediately understood that these black shadows were not the previous stone balls, but other weapons, and soon experienced soldiers woke up, and they shouted and reminded everyone.

"Be careful, these are quicklime-"

The screams of their companions in front confirmed their fears, and everyone's eyes widened in horror at the falling clay pots. They all know that they are sweating all over their bodies now, and they can't wipe it off even if they stop wiping it, and once they encounter these quicklimes, anyone with a little experience will shudder.

Someone screamed, kicked his legs on the ground, leaned back with all his might, and shoveled the dirt with his toes, but the people behind him were still squeezing forward, and seeing that they were about to enter the area of quicklime, someone finally couldn't control his fear and screamed.

"Can't move forward, there's lime ahead—"

Fear mixed with the cries of his companions in pain, like a wave of water, quickly spread around. The people behind looked at the clouds of white smoke rising in front of them, and heard the shouts of their companions, and soon understood what was happening. They panicked, some stopped, some pushed forward, some shouted and cursed, and some began to cry.

Jars of quicklime continued to fall, kicking up clouds of white smoke. The white smoke became more and more thick, and some of the soldiers who were shrouded in it were blistered on their faces and hands, some were blinded by the burns, and some of their mouths and noses were burned in unbearable pain, and they screamed and slammed around like headless flies, trying to escape, and some even waved their weapons and slashed and killed their companions in front of them.

The formation was in disarray, and the tight shields were scattered.

Xu You, who had been gritting his teeth and straining his face, looked at the two phalanxes that suddenly collapsed, dumbfounded, and cold sweat was dripping. rq