After seeing the siege crossbows and the bottles and cans carried behind the Di people's porters, Xiao Mo quickly understood the Di tribe's methods of attacking the city this time. 【Reading.com】

Just like Xiao Mo's method of dealing with them at noon, they want to use siege ballistae to project sealed fire pots and attack the enemy with fire!!

Thinking that this trick was his first creation, but now it was being used by the Di army against him, Xiao Mo didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a while.

However, at this time, Xiao Mo couldn't care about his feelings.

has always defended the city, fire is a weapon to stop the enemy, and Xiao Mo is especially good at this. Therefore, at this time, on the city wall of Shangyuan City, the most commonly used cauldron boiling oil, fire cotton, hay and other things are not to be mentioned, and there are also a large number of Thor bags and sealed oil cans for storage. In addition, arrows, rolling logs, etc., can also fuel the fire, and once the fire begins to spread above the city walls, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Come on, remove all the sealed oil canisters, Thor, and flammable and explosive materials on the city wall!" Come on!! ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo hurriedly ordered.

Since Xiao Mo came to Shangyuan City, he has always behaved extremely tolerant and confident, as if everything was in his hands, but the situation after that was also like Xiao Mo's free look, the grassland coalition army was repeatedly defeated, and the defenders of Shangyuan City. But the casualties are very low, and everything is developing in the best direction. And such an anxious performance at this moment has never appeared.

What's more, sealing oil cans, thunder god bags and other fragile things, rolling wood, spring branches and other flammable things are all important means for Shangyuan City to resist the attack of the grassland coalition army, and it has been prepared on the city wall for a long time, so why should it be moved?

Therefore, after hearing Xiao Mo's anxious order, whether it was Zhao Ying and Deng Shangquan beside him, or Cai Da, the defense envoy not far away, they couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Xiao Mo blankly, and couldn't react for a long time.

Xiao Mo didn't care about whether his performance at the moment would disturb the morale of the army, seeing that the people around him were not moving, but he became more and more angry, pointing to the siege ballista that was approaching in the distance and shouted:

"The generals obey orders, don't delay, they are about to attack!!"

After hearing Xiao Mo's words, everyone turned their forks to look in the direction of Xiao Mo's finger and saw all kinds of clay pots carried by a group of Di porters. For a while, they all understood what Xiao Mo was thinking, their faces changed greatly, and they immediately shouted and ordered like Xiao Mo.

"The whole army is under strict martial law, porters!! Move them all down quickly, and don't leave one behind. ”

"The whole army pays attention to cover ......"

And as a group of low-level generals led a large number of porters to move all kinds of flammable and explosive materials on the city wall to the city wall, Xiao Mo did not dare to be relaxed at all, and his mouth was still full of orders, "General Li, you personally command the arrow ballista, go all out, and work together to attack those siege ballistae. Even if you can't destroy these ballistas, reduce their speed as much as possible to kill the people who control the siege ballistas!! ”

"Zhao Ying, you gather some auxiliaries, carry the sand and soil we prepared in advance to the city wall, and be ready to extinguish the fire at any time!!"

"General Xue, you assign some transporters to prepare a large amount of water and pour some on each soldier to prevent the soldiers from being burned."

"Commander Cai, you are responsible for the central dispatch. Calm the hearts of the army, no matter what happens after a while, the defenders in the city cannot be chaotic. ”

After the successive orders were issued, seeing the generals taking the orders and leaving, the anxiety in Xiao Mo's heart finally decreased slightly. Look again at the approaching Di army under the city, as well as the siege crossbow and arrow tower carts that follow behind them.

After secretly calculating, Xiao Mo found out. The Di army had seven siege ballistae and six arrow towers.

However, the thirteen behemoths moved too slowly, and although there were horses pulling in front and soldiers in the back, their speed was still a little slower than that of ordinary people. It's been so long, and it hasn't moved to within the Three Arrows Land outside Shangyuan City.

However, although these behemoths moved slowly, Xiao Mo did not dare to relax at all.

The arrow tower car is not enough, each arrow tower car, at most thirty to fifty archers can be hidden, although the Di army has six taels of arrow towers, but at most two or three hundred archers. Although the threat to Shangyuan City is not small, it will not affect the general trend.

The focus is on those seven siege ballistae!!

Seven siege ballistae may seem like a few, but know how much boulder and gravel they can throw. More than three times as many ballistas defending the city!! And their destructive power is not comparable to three or four ballistae defending the city!!

The most important thing is that according to Xiao Mo's understanding. The attack range of the siege ballista is from two to three arrows!! Once the Di army uses siege ballistas to project oil cans and arrows with arrow tower vehicles, then the city walls of Shangyuan City will soon turn into a sea of fire, and the tragedy that happened to the Qiu army before noon today will inevitably reappear on the defenders of Shangyuan.

Moreover, there are a lot of flammable and explosive materials on the city wall, and the space is quite narrow, once the fire spreads, I am afraid it will not be as simple as killing and injuring thousands of people.

In fact, Xiao Mo was not worried about what kind of damage these things would cause to the Chu army after they exploded. There are as many as 60,000 defenders in Shangyuan City, and even if most of the defenders in Beicheng are killed or wounded, it will not affect the overall situation in a short time.

It's just that once the Thor bag, sealed oil canister and other things explode one after another, with the psychological quality of the Chu army now. I'm afraid it's about to collapse, and by that time, the fall of Shangyuan City is inevitable.

But at the same time, for siege ballistas. Shangyuan City does not have the slightest means of suppression, bows and arrows do not need to be mentioned, the archers of Shangyuan City. Most people can't even shoot an arrow at the standard distance. Catapults can certainly pose a threat to it. However, the attack range is far from enough, and the attack distance that can be achieved by throwing a boulder is only slightly longer than the distance of a stone. The attack distance of projecting gravel is shorter than the distance of a stone's arrow.

The range is the only one that can be compared to that of a siege ballista. There are only ballistae left. It's just that although the range of the arrow ballista is extremely long, it can be nearly three arrows away, but it has more than enough penetrating power and insufficient destructive power, unless you are extremely lucky enough to destroy the bow arm of the siege ballista. Otherwise, it will not bring about fundamental damage.

In addition, although Zhao Ying had already described to Xiao Mo the four siege strategies of the grassland coalition army, that is, attacking the heart, rockets, driving the people, and encircling the army. For the fire attack of the grassland coalition army, Xiao Mo has also made a lot of preparations these days, and the sand, soil and clear water used to fight the fire have been prepared innumerable, but the fire ignited by the oil tank and the fire caused by the rocket cannot be said at all, and Xiao Mo himself has no confidence in how much of a role his own preparations can play.

"We must find a way to destroy these siege ballistae and arrow tower vehicles, otherwise we will fight in the future, not to mention too many casualties, and it will be too passive!!"

Xiao Mo looked at the behemoths in the distance, and thought of it with his old heart.

Time, unconsciously, seemed so short.

In order to resist the strong attack of the grassland coalition army in advance, on the city wall, there were a lot of preparations for cotton wool, hay, thunder god bags, sealed oil cans, and cauldrons of oil.

Now, as the Di army continues to approach, at most after a stick of incense, the siege ballista is about to attack, and where can all these Huixi be moved?

Turning his head and looking at the group of transporters behind him crowded into a group, the division of labor was chaotic and inefficient, so far even half of the flammable and explosive materials had not been moved, Xiao Mo frowned, turned his head and said to a herald soldier beside him: "Tell them, first move the Thor bag and sealed oil cans, fire cotton and other things, and act in a division of labor, not to mess with themselves." ”

After the herald took the order. Deng Shangquan persuaded beside him: "Young Master, before the situation is different at this time, do you leave first?" Leave the battle in command of the generals? After all, your safety is paramount. Xiao Mo shook his head and said, "No." I'll just watch here, and after Zhao Ying leads the troops to move the clear water to the city, just sprinkle some on me. ”

In fact, Xiao Mo also knows that to this day, in addition to his control in some major aspects. For the matter of defending the city, he can't do more, but at this moment, the situation is critical, and it is difficult for Xiao Mo'an to stay behind.

And just when the city wall was busy, the siege crossbow cart of the Di army finally entered the distance of three arrows outside Shangyuan City.

"Ballista ready!!"

Seeing such a distance, the defense made Cai Da hurriedly shout loudly.

When the siege catapult and the arrow tower car finally entered the attack range of the arrow cart, Cai Da waved his arms fiercely and shouted: "Shoot!" ”

Suddenly, more than 30 giant crossbows with adult arms shot towards the position of the three siege ballistae in the distance.

However, although the arrow ballista can attack beyond the land of three arrows, it is already the limit, and the accuracy is naturally not guaranteed.

As more than thirty giant arrows hit the target one after another, Xiao Mo looked at it, but he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

In fact, all of these arrows were successful, but most of them were fired at the body of the siege ballista. However, they did not cause fundamental damage to these siege ballistas, and a small number of them shot some of the soldiers around the siege ballistae and the horses that were pulling the siege ballistas, causing a lot of chaos.

However, the chaos only lasted for a moment. The actions of the Di army could not help but be stunned, but then, as if they were not affected at all, the Di army continued to advance as before, without fear.

After a tea hour, thirty more arrows were fired, but they still failed to cause fundamental damage to the siege ballista.

Finally, after the arrow ballista fired two volleys, although it caused a lot of chaos for the Di army, the siege ballista still came within its attack range.

After stopping, the Di warriors and Chu people around the siege crossbow were captured, and there was no delay in the slightest. Immediately began to be busy preparing, or busy with the operation, or moving a large amount of sealing oil on it.

At the same time, most of the Di warriors were escorting those arrow tower cars and continued to approach Shangyuan City.

A thunderous blow from the Di army could appear at any time. The situation was critical, but Xiao Mo turned his head to take a look, but he saw the Thunder God bag and the sealed oil tank on the Shangyuan City Wall, but still only less than half of them had been moved. Well, when the fire came into contact with these explosive objects a moment later, Xiao Mo's heart became more and more anxious.

"My lord, you should leave first, there is a humble position here, and you will ensure that Shangyuan City is worry-free."

At this moment, Zhao Ying also hurried to Xiao Mo's side, and persuaded like Deng Shangquan.

Xiao Mo was still staring at the siege ballista in the distance. Shaking his head, he said slowly: "No, if I let the Di clan's tricks succeed, I will be the same everywhere." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Mo casually stopped an auxiliary soldier who was pouring water on Zhou **shi, snatched the bucket in his hand, and then sprinkled all the remaining water on himself.

The winter solstice has passed, the world is getting colder, and with the clear water drenching his body, Xiao Mo couldn't help but fight a cold war.

But Xiao Mo didn't feel anything, he returned the bucket in his hand casually, continued to look at the siege crossbow in the distance, and said at the same time: "Let the ballista soldiers step up their attack, and be sure to completely destroy the siege ballista before it attacks." ”

At this time, on the north wall of Shangyuan City. Nearly half of the explosive and most flammable materials have not yet been removed.

However, the siege ballistae of the Di army are ready to attack at any time.

At the same time, north of Shangyuan City, after seven siege ballistae.

"Pull the bow arm down, forcefully, be sure to flat!!"

"Put all the oil in it, don't put too much, but be sure to put it steady and flat!!"

If the Shangyuan defenders saw this scene at this moment, they would definitely be angry.

Because, at this moment, not only are the Chu people operating the siege ballistae, but the commander of these Chu people is also a Chu person!!

And looking at his bearing, I am afraid that this Chu man had a high status in the Chu Dynasty before.

And if Zhao Ying is here, he will definitely know that this person is actually Li Shouye, the defense envoy of Xuancheng!!

Xuancheng and Shangyuan City, are the same as the place where soldiers have fought since ancient times, the city is high and the river is deep, the soldiers are many generals, although it is not as well prepared as the Shangyuan City today, and there are a lot of materials, but it is still an extremely difficult to capture the fortified city, which has been placed on great hopes by the Chu Dynasty.

However, such a city only lasted for five days before it fell.

And the reason why there is such a consequence, Xuancheng's incompetence and cowardice in defending Hou Li Shouye is a very important reason.

It's just that when everyone in the world thought that Li Shouye had died in the chaos, no one thought that he had taken refuge in Di Ren!!

At this moment, from time to time, huge crossbow arrows were shot from Shangyuan City, and the Chu people were busy around the siege ballista. From time to time, he will be pierced by these giant crossbow arrows, but Li Shouye is not worried, because he is hiding behind the siege ballista, and although the crossbow arrows are penetrating, they still can't threaten him.

Compared with the deaths and injuries of his Chu people, Li Shouye was more worried about the safety of his seven siege ballistae. Fortunately, the giant crossbow bolts continued to fire. However, except for one siege ballista, whose bow arm was shot through and jammed, the other six siege ballistae were not fatally damaged.

But Li Shouye did not dare to delay at all, and urged with the long whip in his hand from time to time, and finally, the remaining six siege ballistae were ready to attack Shangyuan City at any time before they were destroyed.

And at this moment, three Di nobles rode behind Li Shouye, and the person at the head of the group shouted impatiently in a half-baked Chu Yan: "Li Shouye, aren't these siege ballistae ready?" ”

Another Di nobleman said disdainfully: "I really don't know why the Great Khan values this Chu people and these siege ballistas so much, for such a long time, it is enough for us to kill tens of thousands of Chu troops!" ”

After Li Shouye heard the shouting behind him, a trace of disdain and anger flashed on his face.

In Li Shouye's view, these Di barbarians are almost useless except for being able to attack and fight, not only are they barbaric by nature and do not know etiquette, but they are also quite ignorant.

For example, now, although it has been explained thousands of times, there are still few people among the Di people who understand the use of siege ballistas.

It's just that Li Shouye is now sending people under the fence. It's a blessing to be able to survive, where do you dare to be as arrogant as before?

So the disdain was just a fleeting flash. By the time he turned around, his face was full of humility.

"Three adults, the siege ballista is ready to attack at any time.

Li Shouye bowed deeply to the three Di nobles and said humbly.

The Di nobleman at the head snorted coldly. He nodded arrogantly and said, "Since that's the case." What are you still waiting here? Launching an attack on Shangyuan City on your own is. I warn you beforehand. If these siege ballistae are not as powerful as you say, and have wasted so much energy and time on my Di warriors, I will immediately carry your head to the Great Khan. The reason why the Great Khan uses you is because of these siege ballistas, and if they are useless, then you are useless as well. ”

It turned out that after the fall of Xuancheng, Li Shouye was captured, and this Li Shouye not only did not want to be loyal to the country at that time, but also humbled to ask the Great Khan of the Di tribe to surrender. At that time, Balak asked: "I can surrender, but Xuancheng is already in my hands, so what is the use of you?" ”

After Li Shouye's mind changed sharply, he donated a large number of siege equipment stored in Xuancheng, saying that as long as there were these siege equipment, when the Di people attacked Chu in the future, they would definitely be like a tiger with wings and invincible, and he was the best person to command these siege equipment.

Bale didn't care about those siege equipment, but after hearing Li Shouye's words, his heart moved, and finally left Li Shouye by his side, which he attached great importance to.

It's just that it is quite regrettable for Bale and Li Shouye that because of disrepair and little maintenance, the hundreds of siege equipment in Xuancheng are still usable, which is less than one-tenth, otherwise the difficulty of Shangyuan City today will be far from being so simple.

By the way, the reason why Bale knew about Xiao Mo's existence was also because of Li Shouye.

It can be said that Li Shouye's life and death are tied to whether the thing of the siege ballista can make meritorious contributions, so the words of the Di nobleman are not exaggerated at all.

After Li Shouye's body trembled, he hurriedly said: "Rest assured, few adults, this siege ballista." It is the most powerful weapon made by the Chu people. Ten times more powerful than a fortified ballista, each of which required at least thousands of dollars, hundreds of craftsmen, and months to build. Siege the city with it. Unstoppable. ”

As he spoke, Li Shouye turned around and shouted to the Chu people who were operating the siege ballista:

"What are you still doing in a daze, projectile!!"

With Li Shouye's shout, these Chu people who looked humiliated or numb were shocked. In a hurry, he began to operate the siege ballista and began to attack the city.

After the section, hundreds of sealed oil canisters suddenly rose into the sky, and then fell in the direction of Shangyuan City.

At this time, in Shangyuan City, there were still one-third of the explosive materials, as well as most of the flammable materials, which had not yet been moved.

And the arrow tower car, Ran is already about to enter the land of Shangyuan City, and he can shoot rockets at any time.

Seeing that countless oil canisters began to shoot in the direction of Shangyuan City, Xiao Mo secretly sighed in his heart, but shouted coldly in his mouth: "All the generals pay attention to covering, and the generals are careful to prevent chaos in our army."

The auxiliaries are ready to extinguish the fire. ”

Although his voice was calm, Xiao Mo was secretly praying in his heart, hoping that the impending fire would not spread to the Thor bag and the sealed oil tank.

At the same time, almost all eyes on it. They were all concentrated on those dense oil tanks that rose in the air, and as the oil shops began to fall in the direction of Shangyuan City, at this moment, I don't know how many people's hearts were lifted up, and they forgot to breathe.

However, when countless sealed oil tanks fell to the ground one after another, the next scene made both Chu and Qiu stunned, and after a while, the Chu army cheered loudly, and the Di people were incredible.

It turned out that although the sealed oil canisters thrown by the siege ballista finally landed, none of them fell into Shangyuan City, even if they were closest to Shangyuan City, they were more than ten zhang away.

Seeing this rather dramatic scene, Xiao Mo was slightly stunned, and then seemed to think of something, and there was a look on his face that seemed to be smiling.

"What's going on? The attack range of the siege ballista should never be limited to this, right? ”

Although Zhao Ying was happy in his heart, he still asked incredulously.

Xiao Mo shook his head and said, "The Ministry of Industry has made a contribution. ”

Zhao Ying was slightly stunned, and then showed a sudden look.

These siege equipment have a history of 100 years, and there is little maintenance during the period, and there are very few that can still be used. And even if it can be used, the effect is more or less reduced, and the attack distance is naturally far less than in its heyday.

This was originally the Ministry of Industry's negligence, but this incompetent performance saved Shangyuan City once at a critical moment.

In short, the Ministry of Industry has made a contribution.

However, just when all the Chu troops were cheering, Xiao Mo regained his composure again after a little rejoicing, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, this time it's just the negligence of the Di army, the next attack will appear soon, the ballista soldiers continue to attack, blocking the advance speed of those siege ballistae." Hurry up and be sure to remove all kinds of flammable and explosive materials before the next attack of the Di people!! ”