Looking at the Jin army's 20,000 troops getting closer and closer, Zhao Pu waited quietly, waiting for the Jin army to enter the range of crossbow arrows.

Layers of veterans rushed up and squeezed Zhao Pu behind. He, the emperor, is just watching the battle, and he doesn't need to take a big blade and rush forward to kill.

These veterans, when they were fighting from Hedong, they had been fighting with Zhao Pu for several years, and the defense of the city still depended on them, and those recruits were more soy sauce.

Under the persuasion of a lieutenant colonel, Zhao Pu could only retreat backwards and retreat to the inside of the city tower. The castle tower, reinforced when it was built, itself has a strong defensive force and is extremely safe.

Zhao Pu thought about it, let's stay here honestly!

Zhao Pu took out his binoculars and began to observe the enemy's situation.

300 steps............

Two hundred and fifty steps......

One hundred and fifty steps, and finally reached the attack range of the crossbow arrow, and also reached the attack range of the trebuchet.

"Trebuchet ready!"

"Archer prepare!"

"Roll the wood and prepare the stones!

One order after another was given, and the atmosphere in the city became tense.

There are only more than 5,000 veterans defending the city, and more are tens of thousands of recruits, and today the recruits will usher in the first baptism of their military careers.

But fortunately, the squad leader and above have been trained, and there are veterans leading the recruits, what to do to defend the city, what section to be responsible for, how to deal with it, etc., all have corresponding plans, some are nervous, some are panicked, but no one turns around and runs.

"Trebuchet launch!"

At this time, suddenly an order was issued, as if it was close to his ears, Zhao Pu was stunned, only to feel the sound of the trebuchet ringing, and stones were thrown out one by one. Arcing, it launched towards the outside of the city, like thunder.

Suddenly, a voice rang out: "Launch!" It seemed to be close to his ears, and then a few buzzing sounds sounded, Zhou Bian was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, it was our catapult.

The trebuchet was launched, and Zhao Pu's heart also jumped with it.

It only turned into disappointment later.

There were several clanging sounds from below the city, the sound of stones hitting the ground, but there was no imaginary scream of the enemy soldiers. Because it shot a little far, except for a few stones that smashed into the enemy formation, the rest missed!

"It's a pity!" Zhao Pu secretly said in his heart that it was a pity.

At this time, the trebuchet underneath began to adjust again and fired again. "Bang bang bang!" One by one, stone projectiles flew up and smashed into the Jin army's formation. Immediately, the screams came. Some of the caravans were destroyed by the stone bullets, and the elite soldiers in the city were also killed.

"Good!" Zhao Pu shouted unconsciously.

At this time, the Jin army under the city also began to counterattack, and under the cover of the caravan, the Jin soldiers drew their bows and crossbows. Shoot at the city.

"Brush! Brush! Brush! ”

It was like rain, and tens of thousands of arrows were shot in the first round alone.

Looking at the rain of arrows in the sky, it was as if a black cloud had flown over the sky. Even the early summer day was about to be covered, and the sky was dark, Zhao Pu's cold hair immediately stood up, what a momentum, how fierce.

Ten thousand crossbows are fired in unison, covering the sky and the sun!

Seeing that the black cloud was getting closer and bigger, although he knew that the arrow rain would not come in, there were still guards who stepped forward and protected Zhao Pu with a shield.

The black cloud was like a beast of prey, predatory, and it pierced down violently, and it was like a wave rushing in, and in an instant, it was about to submerge Xiangyang City.

"Brush! Brush! Brush! ”

The sound was endless, some shot on the city wall, some shot on the shield, and some shot on the armor, and the screams followed, and the huge impact made Zhao Pu's heart sway unconsciously, and after five or six breaths, the arrow rain stopped temporarily.

It's terrifying!

The northern wall, which was originally neat and bright, was now full of arrows, nailed to the ground of the wall, or stuck in the wooden sheds on the inner side of the wall, or pierced into the wooden shields that were still shivering, or pierced in the bodies of soldiers.

After three volleys, the Jin army went on the offensive.

The archers shot from a distance, taking cover, while some of the infantry, pushing the caravan, approached the moat, built pontoon bridges, and attacked the city, and then the ladders went up in a dense manner, and the soldiers rushed up like ants.

"Kill!"

"Rush!"

One side is desperately attacking, the other side is desperately defending, there is no combat skill at all, only constant death, constant bloodshed, life is the cheapest military material on the battlefield.

At this time, the trebuchet kept smashing into the caravan in the distance, and dozens of pounds of large stones fell, and under the action of gravity, they were almost instantly killed and turned into meat sludge. It's a pity that the accuracy is too poor. Under the intensive attack, half of the caravan was destroyed, and half of the caravan reached the city, entering the blind spot of the trebuchet, at which point the trebuchet could no longer threaten the Jin army.

And the crossbow arrows shot at the caravan were just tickling and useless.

Fancheng is in the south, and the moat is extremely wide, and it is necessary to make a pontoon bridge made of bamboo rows to allow soldiers to pass. In order to prevent the fire, a thick layer of loess was laid on the top of the pontoon, so that it could not be burned alive. After sacrificing hundreds of gold soldiers, the pontoon bridge was finally built.

The moat was easily crossed!

The soldiers of the Jin army bravely moved forward, carrying the ladder, and the Jin army killed under the city, and then began an intensive siege.

There are hooks on the ladder, and once you lean against the city wall and grab the battlements, you can only push it to the ladder if you cut it with a sharp axe. And when cutting the hook on the ladder, it is also a time of threat, and it is the best moment for the archers of the Jin Army to shoot.

One by one, ladders were pushed, or broken by the bushes and thunderstones on the city walls, or poured gold juice on their bodies; And the Jin army also relied on accurate shooting, constantly sniping the rising Song army. The battle soon turned into a rage. Fortunately, at this time, the Song army still had an advantage, and there was more than the blocking of the moat, even if there was a pontoon bridge that could be passed, the pontoon bridge could not pass through the large siege equipment at all, which gave the Song army an invisibly advantage.

"Boom!" A pot of golden juice poured.

Golden juice, with a nice name, is actually just boiling dung water, which is hot and smelly, and easy to become inflamed and infected, and extremely difficult.

Suddenly, the boiling water lay down, along the armor, into the soldier's neck, or on the arm, or on the face, etc., immediately blistered, and the stench was even more diffuse, some Jin soldiers couldn't bear it, couldn't help screaming, some of the pain was unbearable and finally rolled down the ladder.

At this moment, the wood contaminated with fierce fire oil was thrown onto the pontoon.

Suddenly, the pontoon bridge turned into a sea of fire, and some of the soldiers who were stepping on the pontoon bridge were immediately burned alive; And the trebuchet in the distance is even more continuous firing, and the firing gradually finds a feeling, specializing in shooting the soldiers of the Jin Army.

The battle was fought in a fierce manner, and despite the desperate resistance of the Song soldiers, there were still Jin soldiers who climbed the city wall, and immediately fought in short quarters, and the hand-to-hand combat began.

And Zhao Pu also saw the ferocity of the Jin army again, wearing heavy armor and attacking without fear of death, like a humanoid murder weapon, born specifically for cutting people. At this time, the Mandarin Duck Formation was dispatched again, but this time it changed its tricks, but it was a group of five people who surrounded and beat a Jin Army soldier.

"Kill!"

The assassination of the three daring spears, the soldiers of the Jin Army were extremely brave, and they were inevitably stabbed into a bloody hole.

One by one, the soldiers of the Jin Army crossed the city wall, but the number was too small, and it still couldn't be the climate after all. Under the flanking attack of the mandarin duck array, with the cooperation of spears, short swords, shields and other weapons, they were strangled one after another and turned into corpses on the city wall.

The battle continues, and the hand-to-hand combat continues.

The soldiers of the Jin Army under the city were shooting accurately, constantly supporting, and some hand-to-hand Song soldiers were shot and killed countless times. And the battle to the death in the city continues.

Blood and fire were blending, and Zhao Pu's eyes hurt unconsciously.

This is war!

………………

At this moment, it is not only Zhao Pu who has a pain in his eyes, but also Jin Wushu.

This is only the first day, it is only the beginning of the battle, the difficulty of Fancheng has exceeded his expectations, and the heavy casualties are far more than Bianliang and Nanyang. This time, the Jin army encountered unprecedented difficulties.

It's just that Jin Wushu gritted his teeth and waited quietly, enduring huge casualties, and could not retreat at all, because there was the emperor of the Song Dynasty there.

Kill him! (To be continued......)

PS: The battle of Xiangyang has begun.