The smoke of gunpowder cleared, and within 500 steps of Luokou Cangcheng, it had already become a Shura hell.

The few rebel soldiers who had escaped the terrible blow turned and fled the battlefield in a desperate manner, and on the battlefield, rivers of blood flowed, countless stumps and broken arms, and tattered corpses. Being on this battlefield, dying in battle is just a relief.

Those who were injured but did not die were the most painful, and a large number of soldiers did not die directly in this tragic explosion, and many more were injured. Broken hands and feet, bleeding from seven orifices, deafness with roaring in both ears. Some of them were covered with shrapnel, nails, and pieces of broken iron that had been sputtered after the explosion of the flowering bombs. Some of them were stained with the fire oil splattered after the explosion of the fierce fire oil bomb, and the whole person became a mass of burning people, screaming and rolling among the countless corpses.

Others were naked, mentally deranged, and ran hysterically in the sea of corpses and blood. The clothes on their bodies were directly blown away under the huge impact of the explosion just now

"Dashuai, have catapults, crossbows, and mine-throwing vehicles begun to eject!" The chief engineer was faced with the tragic scene under the city, and he was very excited without the slightest fear. Seeing that this large array of mines that had been laid all night yesterday had such a great effect today, he couldn't suppress his excitement.

Li Jing shook his head, and there was an indescribable complication in his eyes: "No, this first round will end like this." Give the rebels time to send someone to clean up the battlefield. ”

The commander of the engineer battalion said with some puzzlement: "Marshal, if you are not in charge of the soldiers, you will either die or I will die on the battlefield, and you can not be soft at this time." Marshal, there are at least nearly 20,000 rebels who have just stormed our minefield. Although our minefield has achieved surprisingly good results, I have just estimated that the lethality of gunpowder is limited. We only killed about 2,000 rebels at most. About 10,000 or so of the remaining have fled. Now there are about seven or eight thousand rebels on the battlefield, and these people are all wounded and cannot run back for a while. ”

Li Jing just shook his head and did not answer.

Zhang Zhongjian, who was on the side, looked at the head of the engineer battalion and continued. Hurriedly patted him on the shoulder: "Manager Liu, although Marshal Li felt that the counterattack just now was too tragic and hurt Tianhe, but in fact, Marshal Li Jing still saw the battlefield situation clearly. Marshal Lee did not let you go on the offensive, in fact, it was carefully considered. I ask you, how much gunpowder do we have? ”

Manager Liu immediately replied: "We still have a lot of gunpowder. If the rebels storm the city and we fight back with gunpowder, our gunpowder will last for more than three days. But if that number of mines were planted as they did last night, they would be planted at most twice. ”

Zhang Zhongjian smiled: "Let me ask you another question, do you think that if the wounded soldiers below return to the rebel camp, how many of them will be able to return to the battlefield in a short time?" ”

"Eight thousand wounded soldiers, it is estimated that there will be about a thousand." Manager Liu did not hesitate and immediately replied, "Many of these wounded soldiers have broken their hands and feet. There are many people who are deaf and blind, and many people who are crazy. In addition, there are a lot of broken iron nails and iron pieces in our mines, and these iron nails and iron pieces are all rusty, and a few of them have been quenched with poison. Most of the wounded soldiers were splashed, and although they were only lightly wounded, they were generally infected with symptoms such as tetanus, and less than one in ten survived. Plus those who were burned by fire oil bombs. You can't go to the battlefield for a short time. ”

I heard such a detailed explanation from Mr. Liu. Li Jing and Zhang Zhongjian glanced at each other, still a little surprised. Zhang Zhongjian patted Manager Liu's shoulder: "On the battlefield, sometimes a wounded soldier is left for the enemy. It would be more cost-effective than killing an enemy outright. If these 8,000 wounded soldiers were rescued by Wang Xuanying, not only would they not be able to go to the battlefield, but they would also have to be taken care of, and they would have to consume food and herbs every day. If they were to march, they would be slowed down by these people. More importantly, so many wounded soldiers if they were rescued. It will make the morale of the rebels fall to the bottom. Again, we also saved gunpowder. Why don't you understand such a clear account? ”…,

Manager Liu listened to Zhang Zhongjian's explanation, with a smile on his face, but he was frightened in his heart. secretly said in his heart, these top bosses really thought differently from themselves, they said on the surface that they were hurting the heavens and the peace, but in fact they were very bad, and they wished to get more wounded soldiers out.

After a while, dozens of sergeants at the head of Luokou Cangcheng shouted to the rebel camp, saying that their Marshal Li and Marshal Zhang had good intentions and could not bear to see these wounded soldiers die on the battlefield. Therefore, out of compassion, the rebels were allowed to send a battalion of men and horses to clean up the battlefield and rescue the wounded soldiers without weapons.

Li Mi and the others, who were planning the second round of attacks in front of the battle, heard the soldiers' returns, and their faces turned purple with anger. In Li Mi's eyes, the thousands of wounded soldiers were already useless, and they were no different from dead people. Of course, they are not willing to rescue these useless wounded soldiers and take on a big problem. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the second wave of attacks and let them die on the battlefield. But he didn't expect that Li Jing and them would come to this trick, and this time, he just wouldn't save it, and he wouldn't be able to do it.

More than 100,000 soldiers looked at them, and Wang Xuanying finally had to swallow his teeth and send a team of men and horses to clean up the battlefield. With tens of thousands of wounded soldiers and thousands of corpses, the Zheng army cleaned up this tragic battlefield for half a day.

Kim Usi falls, at dusk.

After the previous battle, the morale of the Zheng army fell to its lowest point. Li Mi and the others finally regathered their soldiers and horses, and after giving the officers and men a full meal, they re-entered the battle under the city.

"Dashuai's move just now is really wonderful, and it has declared to the people of the world that we are teachers of benevolence and righteousness. Second, it also greatly reduced the morale of the rebels, third, it also saved us gunpowder, and fourth, it dragged on for most of the day. Counting birds with one stone, it really makes the brothers admire. Zhang Zhongjian said with a smile.

Li Jing smiled a little heavily: "Just for the ambition of Wang Xuanying and Li Mi, I want to let countless people shed blood and ambush corpses under the city, alas! ”

"That's why we have to assist King Chen and return the world to a great peace as soon as possible. Today's killing is for tomorrow's presidency. Li Shuai doesn't need to worry, what you did was right. Zhang Zhongjian comforted.

After eating a big loss from the mine array, Wang Xuanying and the others were obviously much more cautious. After knowing that the Hebei army had a large amount of gunpowder, Li Mi offered a plan, and they no longer continued to use cloud ladders to attack, but instead used the strategy of piling up dirt and mountains.

More than 100,000 rebels began to build mountains with soil, and Li Mi set up a huge shield array in front of the formation, covering the rebels behind to build the earth mountain, intending to build the earth mountain directly under the city, and finally rise above the city wall and attack the city from a high position.

In the face of Li Mi's shield array, the Hebei army's strong crossbows, catapults, firearms and weapons fired volleys, but the effect was very small. The giant wooden shield made of thick wood was extremely thick when it was faced on that side, and even if a giant stone bullet of twenty catties hit it, it would only be a small pit. The large iron crossbow shot by the super giant winch crossbow with a range of up to 700 steps could not penetrate the giant wooden shield. The Hebei military attacked the giant shield with rockets, but these giant wooden shields were not only made of freshly cut down trees, but also all soaked in water. The rocket could not burn even when it hit it, and the huge shield array like a huge turtle shell blocked it, and the rebels behind built the earth mountain with great speed and without any interference.

Especially after dark soon, it will be even more troublesome for the Hebei army at the head of the city to deal with them. Taking advantage of the night, the rebels had erected a huge hill of earth south of the city before dawn. Natu Mountain is close to the southern city wall, several zhang above the head of the city, and is condescending.

Bands of rebel archers climbed to the top of the hill and condescendingly shot arrows at the city. The dense rain of arrows weighed down the defenders at the head of the city and couldn't raise their heads, and Li Mi sent countless soldiers to carry the ladder like ants attached to the city.

At the head of the city, under the protection of the shield array of dozens of guards, Li Jing carefully watched this earthen mountain that had been built overnight, and his brows were furrowed. …,

"Take wood, use wood to raise the tower, and build a three-zhang high arrow tower on the city wall!" Li Jing calmly coped and ordered loudly.

Groups of Hebei soldiers rushed up to the city tower with strong iron and steel shields, and the soldiers guarding the engineer battalion quickly built arrow towers and raised the tower on the city. Zhang Zhongjian also mobilized a large number of ballistas, catapults, mine-throwing vehicles and other large equipment in the engineer battalion, and used these ultra-long-range weapons to suppress and interfere with the archers on the rebel Tushan.

The two sides came and went, and the battle lasted from morning to dusk. Although taking advantage of the soil and mountains, the rebels destroyed the arrow tower wooden tower on the head of the Hebei army many times, but in the end, with the desperate construction of the professional engineer battalion, the Hebei army still built the arrow tower one by one when the rebels under the city rushed to the city several times.

After the completion of the arrow tower and wooden building, it is much higher than the rebel earthen city. The well-equipped Hebei crossbowmen and archers climbed the wooden tower of the arrow tower, condescendingly, and used the strong bows and crossbows of the Hebei army to launch a fierce counterattack against the rebels.

When the battle lasted until dark, the rebels could no longer hold it anymore and retreated in the overwhelming rain of arrows. Without the covering support of the earth city, the infantry under the city who were attacking the city like ants were quickly defeated by the archers, catapults, and mine-throwing carts on the city.

At the end of the day, although Zheng Jun rushed to the city several times, it was still in vain in the end. After the battle, at the end of the day, Zheng's army lost more than 3,000 casualties, and as many as 10,000 people were seriously wounded. In the camp by the Luoshui River, there was a miserable fog and sighs.

"We almost captured Nancheng today, and if we continue tomorrow, we will definitely be able to take Nancheng in one fell swoop!" Huangfu Xiren jumped to his feet and shouted.

Li Mi said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, in today's battle, although I almost succeeded in capturing Nancheng. But in fact, there are unexpected reasons, and now the Hebei army has built wooden buildings and arrow towers on the city. If we want to use the earthen city to attack the city again, it will have to be a few feet higher than the earthen city built yesterday, which is too difficult. Besides, we have consumed so many arrows in today's onslaught, and we have not many arrows to use. At that time, we will build an earthen city, but if we don't have enough arrows to suppress the Hebei army, it will be in vain. ”

"I have a plan, maybe I can break the city!" Xu Shiji, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.