Hua An touched the bed crossbow, looked at the thirty soldiers behind him, and said, "You all come here, work hard together, and turn the winch." ”

"Yes, General." Thirty pro-soldiers answered, and turned the winch together, and then, Hua An took out a huge crossbow arrow, placed on the three-bow bed crossbow, because it was late, the crossbow arrows shot out, it is very likely that they could not be found, so Hua An tied a small piece of cotton soaked in sesame oil to the head of the crossbow arrow, and lit it with a torch, and then ordered the crossbow arrow to be launched.

"Whoosh." With a bang, the giant crossbow arrow was shot out, and the burning arrow clearly recorded the trajectory of the crossbow arrow's flight, and the crossbow arrow finally fell to the ground about eight hundred paces away, and the burning flame immediately ignited the dead grass on the ground, and the fire burned very strongly, and the flames were one foot high.

"Big brother, the range of this bed crossbow is far longer than that of a thunderbolt, if you use the bed crossbow to set it on fire, it will definitely be able to shoot deeper into Jiude City." Wang San looked at the flames in the distance and inspired some inspiration.

Hua An nodded and said, "That's right, early tomorrow morning, let the rebels in the city taste the power of our new weapons." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the army of Jiaoguang Erzhou once again approached the city of Jiude City, this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army was divided into two places, attacking the north gate and the west gate of Jiude City respectively, and at the same time allocated 100 thunderbolts to merge into Deng Yue's corps, intending to throw from the east gate.

The Northern Expeditionary Army also deployed 100 Thunderbolts in the direction of the West Gate, and the main force of 300 Thunderbolts was still deployed in the direction of the North Gate, and at the same time, ten three-bow bed crossbows were also deployed in the direction of the North Gate.

"Big brother, as soon as you are ready, you can attack." Wang San said.

Hua An nodded and said, "Send a signal to let the east and west directions be thrown at the same time." ”

Hearing the order, the soldiers lit the wet grass prepared in advance, and the huge smoke drifted into the air, and the Jin troops at the east and west gates got the signal and immediately ordered the thunderbolt to move forward, ready to throw flammable materials.

Hua'an, who was in the direction of the north gate, ordered the giant shield to approach the city wall and enter the rebels' arrows, followed by the thunderbolts, ready to shoot some closer to the city wall.

Seeing that the Northern Expeditionary Army launched an attack early in the morning, and it was a trick of thunderbolt projectile, the rebels suddenly had a feeling of numbness, although these days, they have suffered the hardships of the Jin army's thunderbolt, but they have also thought of some effective countermeasures in practice.

For example, the soldiers defending the city will take advantage of the time when the Jin army has finished throwing stones to evacuate to strengthen and repair the female wall, and triple or even five times thicken the female wall in some sections.

Of course, due to the urgency of time and the continuous destruction of the Jin army's thunderbolts, not all women's walls can be reinforced with such strength, so there will still be many soldiers killed and injured by the Jin army's thunderbolts.

"Big brother, three hundred thunderbolts have entered the formation, the angle has been adjusted, and they are ready to launch."

"Launch it immediately and throw all the incendiary materials at Jiude City." Huaan let out a loud shout and gave the order to the soldiers.

The "Huhuhu......" soldier ignited the flammable material with the torch in his hand, and then operated the thunderbolt to throw the burning flames towards Jiude City.

Hundreds of huge incendiary fireballs were thrown from the position of the Northern Expeditionary Army to Jiude City, and the fireballs were extremely dazzling in mid-air, looking quite spectacular.

The rebel soldiers defending the city saw the Jin army pushing out the thunderbolt and was about to launch, so they each looked for a place to hide, but they did not wait for the falling stone, but saw countless dazzling lights flying over their heads, and before they could react, another flame flew over their heads.

The rebel general was wondering, when suddenly a soldier pointed in the direction of the city and exclaimed, "General, it's on fire, many houses are on fire." ”

The rebel generals were shocked, and when they got up, they saw that at least hundreds of houses in the city had been set on fire, and the Jin army was still throwing incendiary objects, and the fires in the city would only increase.

In the projectile a few days ago, the Jin army also threw thunderbolts that could be burned, but the number was very small, and the houses that were set on fire in the city did not form a trend of spreading after emergency firefighting, and only about 100 were burned.

And now, the Jin army is all throwing flammable materials, and the maximum range of the projectile, which caused immeasurable losses to Jiude City, so many ignition points are difficult to extinguish, the most important thing is that the Jin army is constantly throwing, and the fire continues to enter Jiude City.

Even the large amount of rolling logs that had been hoarded a hundred paces below the city and were ready to be used for the defense of the city were ignited by the fire, which added some difficulties to the rebels' defense of the city.

The projectile in the direction of the east gate and the west gate was also carried out smoothly, and the fire was shot into Jiude City one by one, and under the projectile of the Jin army in three directions, there was a sea of fire in Jiude City, and the people and soldiers who lived on the edge of the city wall hurriedly moved to the center of the city.

The fire in Jiude City was very strong, and although it was daytime, you could see the fire burning inside the city when you stood outside the city.

Hua An rode on horseback, looked at the fire burning in Jiude City, and said to Wang San beside him: "With the fire, there must be many people in the city who have lost their houses, and the eldest brother is doing this, I am afraid that my life will be reduced in the future!" ”

"Big brother, this is war, you can't think so much about the two armies fighting, isn't it time for the bed crossbow to appear." Wang San asked.

Hua An nodded and said, "Okay, pull the bed crossbow up and prepare to launch." ”

Soon, ten three-bow bed crossbows were pushed forward, and the soldiers tied the waste cloth soaked in sesame oil to the front of the crossbow arrows, and then ignited the waste cloth and fired the crossbow arrows towards Jiude City.

The volley of ten bed crossbows shot hundreds of burning giant crossbow arrows into the depths of Jiude City, igniting the houses farther away, and the fire and smoke caused a huge panic among the soldiers and civilians in the city, and some angry rebel soldiers asked to go out of the city to destroy the Jin army's thunderbolts, but were blocked by their respective generals.

In fact, the rebels all understood that there were not only hundreds of Jin army thunderbolt cars outside the city, but also the main force of the Jin army lined up in battle formation, and once the city gate was opened, it would mean that the city had fallen.

A burning crossbow arrow shot by the Northern Expeditionary Army happened to fall on a large granary of the rebels in the city, the fire spread rapidly, and the soldiers in charge of guarding the granary found out and carried out all efforts to put out the fire, but the grain and grass were extremely flammable, and the firefighting action of the rebel soldiers was completely ineffective, and soon, the grain and grass of the entire granary were all swallowed by the fire, and nearly ten thousand denier of grain and grass were reduced to ashes.