The negligence of the ministry delayed the roar of the Qiu clan army by mistake, "Xiao Mo doesn't know if this should be regarded as a kind of luck or a kind of irony." 【】

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, under the nervous dispatch of Xiao Mo, Cai Da and others, the Chu troops on the city wall couldn't care about cheering. Instead, he hurried and continued to hastily remove the many flammable and explosive materials left on the city walls.

On the other side, the ballista soldiers were even more crazy to control the arrow ballista, shooting towards the position of the siege crossbow in the distance.

At the same time, most of the Qiu Clan's army, already supporting the six arrow tower cars, entered the abandoned land outside Shangyuan City, and while continuing to clear all obstacles, they also began to counterattack and suppress Shangyuan City.

As in the early morning, the Autumn army was covered by a large number of shieldmen, and the archers were responsible for counter-firing and suppressing. The auxiliaries are responsible for clearing obstacles.

Under Cai Da's continuous orders, the archers on Shangyuan City began to frantically draw their bows and shoot arrows, slowing down the movement speed of the Qiu Clan's army, creating a large amount of blood and death.

It's just that at this moment, the arrow ballista is concentrating their gold power to deal with the siege ballista in the distance, and the Qiu clan army has the arrow tower car to help, because he is worried about the relationship between the Qiu clan army and the fire attack, Xiao Mo does not dare to use fire attack methods like at noon, so although the Chu army occupies a favorable position at the moment, before the Qiu clan army enters the attack range of the catapult, the advantage is not obvious.

And because of the relationship between the six arrow tower carts in the enemy army, the terrain advantage of the Chu army was offset to a certain extent, and the casualties of the Shangyuan defenders were also significantly higher than the battle before noon.

The bow was like a thunderbolt on both sides of the sky. Arrows came and went, and behind the shieldmen and archers, the auxiliaries on both sides were even more nervously busy, with the sound of fighting, shouting, and screaming. Mixed together, poignant and desperate. From time to time, the soldiers of both sides were suddenly shot into their bodies by stray arrows from nowhere, and they fell to the ground with a dazed and unwilling look, with crises everywhere, killing and wounding everywhere, tense and noisy.

At this time, Xiao Mo had been forcibly protected in the middle by more than ten Chu Army shield players, and all kinds of orders had been given, but he could no longer help anything. I could only anxiously watch the changes in the situation between the two sides.

All in all, although due to the negligence of the Ministry of Industry, Shangyuan City temporarily escaped a catastrophe, but the war between the two sides. It's just the beginning. Break increases, but in the rear of the battlefield, hide behind the siege ballista! Although Li Shouye was not threatened by the Chu army. But now it is even more alarming.

Because, at this moment, he is at a distance from death. But it's closer than those front-line fighters.

"What's going on!??"

"This is what you call a powerful siege ballista? The most powerful weapon of the Chu people!?? ”

Seeing that the six siege ballistae were actually nearly a thousand sealed oil canisters thrown in one go, the momentum was amazing, and several Qiu nobles who were supervising the army were overjoyed at first. But when they saw that these sealed oil canisters had fallen one after another more than a dozen zhang outside Shangyuan City, they became stunned one by one, and turned to question Li Shouye angrily.

Li Shouye saw this scene, and it was also incredible. But thinking of the history of these siege ballistas, he just understood the reason, and saw that several Qiu nobles beside him were all angry at him, and even more so, they had already drawn their sabers, and it seemed that they would kill him angrily at any time. Looking at the cold and shining saber, Li Shouye's face turned pale and his body trembled. He actually knelt on the ground, no longer had the original arrogance, and kowtowed again and again: "Three or three adults, this is just an accident, the attack distance of these siege ballistae should not be like this, only because of disrepair, the effectiveness is greatly reduced."

The Qiu nobleman who was the leader snorted angrily. pointed at Li Shouye with the saber in his hand, and shouted angrily: "Don't you know that you should determine the attack distance in advance? You know that my Qiu clan transported these oil bottles and cans to the front line in order to collect them. How much effort did it take before and after?! ”

As he spoke, the Qiu nobleman slowly raised his saber and drove his horse towards Li Shouye.

"Although Xiaguan is responsible for controlling these siege ballistas, before this attack on Shangyuan City, they have been managed by noble warriors, and Xiaguan has no chance at all."

Li Shouye originally wanted to explain, but as soon as he was halfway through his words, he couldn't help but pause, his face turned pale, and his body kneeling on the ground couldn't help but retreat again and again.

Because, the nobleman of the Qiu clan who was the leader had already driven his horse to him, and his face was solemn. The saber is raised, and it can fall at any moment.

"In that case, you're useless."

This Ruoqiu nobleman looked cold and said coldly.

Seeing such a posture, Li Shouye once again realized that when Xuancheng was defeated, his face was pale and almost transparent, but he didn't dare to resist, but he hurriedly explained: "Big, lord." Give Xia Guan another chance, now, now Xia Guan has mastered the exact attack distance of these siege ballistas, and this will never be the case next time,"

Hearing Li Shouye's explanation, the nobles of the Qiu clan also seemed to hesitate a little, and the saber in their hands couldn't help but fall slightly, and their killing intent decreased slightly.

And at this moment, a fast horse arrived. But in the end, he saved Li Shouye's life.

I saw that after the knight ran to the three nobles of the Qiu clan, he rolled off his horse and knelt on one knee. The mouth said: "Spread the decree of the Great Khan of Baal." Li Shouye immediately advanced the seven siege ballistae into thirty zhang before attacking. ”

After hearing the words of the herald knight, the Qiu nobleman's face showed regret.

In fact, this Qiu nobleman also knows very well that a mistake does not hinder "pulling the distance to Zhejiang!" After, in addition to the increased danger! In addition, Pi Guo is also a good heart, and he doesn't like to let Chu cowards like Li Shouye blend into the ranks of the Qiu Clan's warriors, and it is precisely because of this that he is so harsh on Li Shouye.

But after hearing the order of Balekhan the Great Khan. This Qiu nobleman could only sheath the saber in his hand, and then looked at Li Shouye coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Since it is the order of the Great Khan, I will temporarily spare your life, but you only have one chance left, if there is another mistake, I will ensure that your head falls to the ground!" ”

After hearing these words, Li Shouye knew. His life was temporarily saved, and his face couldn't help showing ecstasy, and he kowtowed again and again: "Thank you Great Khan, thank you, my lord, the lower officials will definitely do their best, and there will never be any more mistakes." ”

As he spoke, Li Shouye hurriedly stood up again, pointing at the Chu captives who were hiding behind the siege ballista, but his original humble expression suddenly became extremely grim and stern, and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze??!! Push these siege ballistae forward thirty zhang, no, thirty-five zhang, and then attack!! ”

Seeing that these Chu people were still stunned and did not move, and it seemed that they had not yet reacted, Li Shouye couldn't help but be angry, the louder he shouted, the horsewhip in his hand was raised, and he shouted: "Hurry up and work"

However, as soon as the discourse network said it, Li Shouye suddenly paused.

He only felt that his body suddenly flew up, flying very high and high, involuntarily. No.

Looking down, a giant crossbow bolt had pierced him and carried his body into the air.

Not far away, those Chu captives who had been drunk by him before were all looking at him with horror on their faces at this moment, incredibly, and seemed to be a little numb and a little gloating.

Time seems to have been stretched countless times, and it has become extremely slow. Li Shouye only felt that the self-bow flew in the air for a long time before it fell to the ground.

When he was in the air, all kinds of fragments of his life began to flash in his mind one after another, the hardships of studying hard when he was a teenager, the stunned feeling after being on the list, the caution between the steps and the clouds, and the excitement when he fought with the army of the Qiu clan,

The only exception was when Xuancheng was defeated, he thought that he would be loyal to the death, but the actions of his body were suddenly unconsciously controlled, and he involuntarily bowed his knees to the grassland coalition army and surrendered, and then, the path of life was no longer under his own control.

Then, it is the disdain of the autumn people, the contempt of the compatriots, and the numb mechanical life."

When the body hit the ground, the chest was pierced, and finally there was a sharp pain, but the pain only lasted for a moment, and Li Shouye's consciousness had sunk into endless darkness.

"I just want to live,"

This was Li Shouye's last consciousness.

Li Shouye forgot that although he relied on the attack distance of the siege ballista, far behind the battlefield, and did not have to worry about the threat of the Chu archers and catapults, he was still within the attack range of the Chu army's arrow ballista.

At this time, the arrow ballista on Shangyuan City was even more crazy, attacking continuously, struggling to destroy these siege ballistae that posed a great threat to Shangyuan City, slowing down the advance and operation of the siege ballista, and the offensive was even worse.

Li Shouye originally hid behind the siege ballista, but under the cover of the siege ballista, he would not be threatened by the arrow ballista of the Chu army. However, in the face of the threat of the Qiu nobleman before, Li Shouye retreated in panic, but he forgot this for a while, and unconsciously retreated beyond the blocking range of the siege ballista.

In the end, the giant crossbow arrow shot by an arrow ballista did not shoot on the siege ballista because of insufficient accuracy, but it inadvertently pierced Li Shouye's body.

Li Shouye just wanted to live, but in the end, he still died, not from the saber of the Qiu barbarians, but from a mistake and accident of his compatriots, leaving a lifetime of infamy.

In the face of Li Shouye's unexpected death, everyone on the field couldn't help but be shocked, but then, whether it was a Qiu warrior or a Chu prisoner. They all quickly calmed down, as if something trivial had just happened.

In fact, for them, Li Shouye's unexpected death was indeed a trivial matter.

The Qiu nobleman glanced at Li Shouye's corpse indifferently, with a hint of mockery in his eyes. Then he casually pointed to an ann who was not far away. Coldly asked, "Do you know how to operate these siege ballistae?" ”

The Chu man's body trembled, but like Li Shouye, he couldn't help kneeling under the horse of this Qiu nobleman, and said in a trembling voice: "The little man has learned a little with Li Shouye these days. ”

The Qiu clan nobleman nodded, and didn't ask the person's name, but said in a cold voice: "In this case, from now on, you will replace Li Shouye in commanding these siege ballistas." small

Seeing that this Chu man didn't seem to react. Just looking at himself in a daze, the Qiu clan nobleman's face was angry, his voice was already full of murderous intent, and he squinted and asked, "What?" Don't want to? ”

This Chu man's body trembled, and finally reacted, and kowtowed again and again: "The villain is willing, the villain is willing, thank you adult."

Seeing that the face of the nobleman of the Qiu clan showed impatience, this Chu man did not dare to say much, and hurriedly got up, turned to the other Chu people and said: "The Great Khan has an order, the siege crossbow cart will advance thirty zhang before attacking, without delay, quickly!" ”

At the same time, at the head of Shangyuan City, Xiao Mo, under the escort of several shield players, was nervously watching the battle under the city.

I saw that it was not tea time, and the army of the Qiu clan had already come to Shang'erfeng; Within an arrow of the ground, step past the compatriots who were burned alive at noon. Sweeping away all the obstacles under Shangyuan City.

At the same time, nearly 100 catapults on Shangyuan City were in full swing, cooperating with the archers of the Chu army, constantly causing casualties to the Qiu warriors under the city.

However, the six arrow tower carts were parked outside the attack range of the catapults, and the hundreds of Qiu archers on the arrow tower were also constantly suppressing the Chu army in the city.

Obviously, the archers of the Qiu clan who can fight by arrow tower carts are all carefully selected, not only can they pull three-stone bows, but they are also very accurate, and their goals are also very clear, that is, the arrows shot by the arrow ballista and catapult on Shangyuan City. They were all aimed at the ballistae soldiers who posed the greatest threat to the soldiers of the Qiu Clan.

Time, on the wall of Shangyuan, all the ballistas around the ballista turned into a dead place in a short period of time, and there were dense arrows everywhere. The ballista soldiers suffered a lot of casualties for a while.

And because of the attack of the Qiu clan archers on the arrow tower car, the attack efficiency of the catapults on the Shangyuan City was greatly reduced, and the Qiu army under the city also suffered a great reduction in casualties, and the efficiency of clearing all obstacles was greatly increased.

"My lord, should we turn around some of the arrow carts and suppress the arrow tower carts of the Qiu Clan? Otherwise, if it continues like this, all the obstacles under the city will probably be swept away by the Qiu barbarians before this evening. ”

Seeing such a scene, Zhao Ying was anxious. couldn't help but suggest to Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo shook his head and said, "No. Tell the shieldmen to focus on protecting the ballistae, and our biggest threat is still the siege ballista

As he spoke, the Qiu Clan's siege crossbow had moved forward thirty zhang again, and finally truly included Shangyuan City in the scope of attack.

It's just that under the constant attack of the arrow ballista. Three of the seven siege ballistae had been more or less damaged, according to Xiao Mo's observations. At this time, there were only four siege ballistae left, and there were still ballistae soldiers who were constantly busy.

But Xiao Mo didn't dare to be careless, and ordered repeatedly: "The enemy's fire attack is coming, the shield bearer pays attention to cover, and the soldiers are sheltered by the battlements, don't let the fire oil thrown by the Qiu clan splash on your body, and the auxiliary soldiers are ready to extinguish the fire at any time." ”

As Xiao Mo's order was handed down, the previous scene reappeared, and hundreds of oil canisters rose from the siege ballista and fell in the direction of Shangyuan City.

But unlike before, this time the sealed oil canister ejected by the siege ballista fell into Shangyuan City!!

Among them, there was even a sealed oil tank that fell straight towards Xiao Mo, if it weren't for the quick reaction of the shield hand around Xiao Mo, even if Xiao Mo was not injured, he would have been drenched in fire oil.

Time, the pungent smell of fire oil, the mellow smell of soybean oil, the smell of fishy lard, all kinds of oil smells. Mixed together, it began to spread around. On the top of Shangyuan City, there was spreading grease everywhere, and even many soldiers were drenched.

Obviously, the army of the Qiu Clan did not have so much storage of fire oil like Shangyuan City. turned to lard and soybean oil instead, but for Xiao Mo, there was not much difference.

The only thing that reassured Xiao Mo was that after repeated delays, most of the explosive objects on the walls of Shangyuan City had been moved to safety.

"Order all the soldiers whose bodies are stained with fire oil to retreat, and all the equipment that is stained with fire oil shall be transferred at once or thrown directly under the city without delay

As Xiao Mo's order was handed down, there was another rush of chaos in Shangyuan City.

At the same time, the siege ballistae in the distance did not delay, throwing oil cans continuously towards Shangyuan City, and for a while, the smell of all kinds of oil became more and more intense.

However, those arrow tower cars suddenly moved forward rapidly again, narrowing the distance between them and Shangyuan City.

"Tell the catapult to prepare, and once the arrow tower is within attack range, throw the boulder immediately. It must be destroyed. ”

Seeing the change of formation of the Qiu clan's army, Xiao Mo gave an order.

Xiao Mo knew that as the distance between the arrow tower car and Shangyuan City was getting closer, when Shangyuan City entered the attack range of the Qiu Clan's archer rockets. It was when the head of Shangyuan City turned into a sea of fire.

However, although the soldiers used their lives to constantly throw boulders to attack the approaching arrow tower car, from time to time there were boulders smashed on the arrow tower car, and broken trees flew one after another. There was a roar, but after all, the time was tight, and when a rocket was fired towards Shangyuan City, there were still three arrow tower cars intact.

As hundreds of rockets fell, Mars came into contact with the grease all over Shangyuan City, and suddenly, bursts of flames began to appear on Shangyuan City, black smoke bursts, and the Chu army panicked.

At the same time, siege ballistas in the distance. There was still a steady stream of throwing a large number of sealed oil tanks into Shangyuan City, and the remaining three arrow tower cars. is constantly shooting rockets, constantly fueling the fire on Shangyuan City.

Suddenly, the tragedy of the Qiu army at noon began to reappear in Shangyuan City, and in the face of the sudden fire, the panic of the Chu army was far better than the previous Qiu army.

Although Xiao Mo had already expected the panic at this moment. The generals kept shouting, the overseers were dispatched, and the auxiliaries were carrying sandbags to slow down the fire, but it was still difficult to control the situation.

In the end, with Xiao Mo's strong order, when a boulder destroyed the last arrow tower car. On the city of Shangyuan, it is no longer possible to organize an effective offensive to suppress the actions of the Qiu clan army under the city to clear all obstacles!!