Meng Da paced back and forth on the walls of the inner city with his hands behind his back, glancing at the five hundred step-strong crossbows placed on the inner city from time to time. There is no need to cover up these sharp weapons that have been exposed, and the time is too short to create a large number of city defense equipment, so these strong crossbows come in handy. These crossbows don't have the same rate of fire as ordinary repeaters, so they must be used against valuable targets, making them the best weapon for sniping opposing generals.

These sharp weapons were originally operated by the archers of the chariot battalion, but as soon as Meng Da saw these good things, his eyes immediately lit up, and he wore out his mouth, regardless of the stalking of his face, he must be operated by his own subordinates. If it is operated by the soldiers of the chariot battalion, after this battle, these strong crossbows will naturally be collected by the chariot battalion, but if they are operated by his subordinates, then it will be somewhat inconvenient for Wei Ba to take back these strong crossbows.

Wei Ba knew very well that Meng Da was careful, but at this moment, when employing people, he was reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, and he couldn't trap Meng Da, the old fox, if it wasn't for these five hundred step crossbows, so he agreed with a closed eye. As for how to explain to Zhuge Liang in the future, we can only wait until later, whether Zhuge Liang can get these killing weapons back from Meng Da's hands also depends on Zhuge Liang's ability.

Having obtained these powerful crossbows, Meng Da was very happy. He placed these powerful crossbows on the walls of the inner city, sacrificing some range but increasing security. Whether it was the Wei crossbowmen or their thunderbolts, it was not easy to hit these strong crossbows.

After several battles, the Wei army strengthened the transformation of ordnance, and the protection capacity was greatly increased. Ordinary crossbows no longer worked, and the Thunderbolt came in handy. When the Shu army attacked the city, a large number of stone bullets were driven into the city, and after Meng Da entered the city, he collected these stone bullets, and now his stone bullet reserves can be said to be very sufficient, and they can be used with confidence.

"Boom!" The cannon man swung the wooden hammer and slammed the bolt of the thunderbolt, and the huge weight box suddenly sank, and the long wooden tips were thrown into the sky. The stone bullets made a piercing whistling. Rush away.

The artillery operators stared intently at the stone bullets they fired, until the stone bullets fell into the Wei army's position, and they estimated the error and immediately issued various passwords. Adjust the counterweight for the direction of the thunderbolt. Time. All kinds of hurried orders came and went on the city walls. After a brief silence, the Thunderbolt began firing again.

"Smack!" A stone bullet shattered the giant shield of the Wei army's crossbowmen, and the giant shield shattered into several pieces. Sawdust flew, and the crossbowmen hidden behind the giant shield were exposed in front of the Shu army. The Shu army cooperated tacitly, and where there was a flaw, the crossbow cart would follow up, shooting dozens of crossbow arrows in one go, so that the Wei soldiers had no time to dodge. The Wei army also developed a habit, they did not stare at the crossbow carts at the head of the city, but stared at the black spots flying in the sky, once they found that there were black spots coming towards them, they immediately hid to the side, as much as possible to avoid injury.

Only in this way, their threat to the city head was greatly weakened, although Sima Yi arranged two thousand crossbowmen, the arrows shot were still not as dense as the city head, and the cover for the besieging soldiers was far from enough. Because of this, Meng Da could calmly transfer a part of the thunderbolt carts and concentrate on attacking the siege vehicles of the Wei army.

"Smack!" "Smack!" Stone bullets continued to hit the siege vehicle, the siege vehicle shook violently, the protective planks were shattered, and rockets tied with ignition were accurately shot into the inside of the siege vehicle from the hole, billowing smoke and causing bursts of chaotic screams.

More arrows hit, a siege vehicle burned, and the Wei soldiers inside were choked and couldn't bear it, so they could only escape from it in embarrassment. There were sharp arrows of the Shu army to greet them, and they were greeted by the personal guard battalion that supervised the battle. One by one, the soldiers were cut to the ground, and the rest were forced back to the battlefield, boarding another siege engine, braving a rain of arrows and stone projectiles, and continuing to approach the city.

The battle unfolded with the roar of arrows and the screams of wounded soldiers. The battle was so fierce that even the warlords, who were two hundred paces away from the city walls, felt great pressure. The powerful crossbows equipped by the Shu army shot one or two giant arrows like synchronous spears from time to time, and the powerful lethality was enough to pierce through the heavy shield, and even the iron armor could not block a blow. After several officers of the guard battalion who were overseeing the battle were shot and killed, Sima Yi had to order the overseers to retreat another hundred paces to avoid the range of those strong crossbows.

As the Warlords retreated, the Wei army's morale suffered again, and their attacks became weaker. The Wei army's attack looked lively, but it was slow to make effective progress. Seeing this scene, the Shu army at the head of the city became more and more comfortable, while the Wei army under the city became more and more depressed.

Sima Shi looked at the gradually weakening morale, and his sword eyebrows tightened.

"Father, if it goes on like this, how can it break the city?"

Sima Yi looked at the battlefield in the distance indifferently, and said lightly: "The Shu army is defending the city with five or six thousand people, and our army is attacking the city with 20,000 people, and the armaments of the two sides are far apart, do you think it is possible to break the city?" ”

Sima Shi sighed unwillingly. "Then we are attacking so tepidly and being a partial teacher?"

"What's wrong with being a biased teacher for Emperor Bixia?" Sima Yi narrowed his eyes and replied nonchalantly.

After the last time he saw through the clouds, Sima Yi withdrew the command platform to a place nearly six hundred steps away from the city wall. Security is safe, but he can't see the situation in front of the battle clearly, even if he has enough eyesight, he can only see a vague shadow. If we can't see clearly, we will naturally not be able to give effective command, nor will we be able to make timely adjustments according to the situation. In this case, he is unwilling to be a partial teacher, and there is nothing he can think of, so he can only comfort himself with the fact that it is not a shame to be a partial teacher for the emperor.

Wei Ba watched the city for a while, and saw that the attack of the Wei army had no effect, and Meng Da also fought very easily, so he was relieved, said a word to Meng Da, turned around and went out of the south gate, and came to the building boat moored in the Han River.

As soon as he saw Wei Ba, Feng Jin immediately greeted him: "Ziyu, when are we going into battle?" ”

Wei Ba glanced at him: "Who do you want to fight?" ”

Feng Jin was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Ziyu, aren't you knowingly asking?" Whether it's Wei people or Wu people, I want to fight. However, it is the Wu people who want to fight the most. ”

Wei Ba grinned helplessly. These young people don't have a big picture, they pay more attention to personal enmity, and they are more energetic in fighting the Wu army than in the Wei army. If it weren't for the fact that he still had some prestige among them and could suppress them, I was afraid that the Wushu Alliance would have been destroyed a long time ago, so how could he wait until now. Speaking of which, he dug a pit to bury Sun Quan and Lu Xun, which is also in line with public opinion. With Feng Jin and these people in the army, it is impossible for Wu Shu to have a real alliance.

"Wenju, don't worry, we will have a chance to fight with the Wu people and let you take revenge." Wei Ba paused: "But not now. Now we not only can't attack them, but we have to help them. Do you understand? ”

Feng Jin's face darkened, and he nodded a little reluctantly: "Ziyu, don't worry, I won't mess around." ”

"I just believe that you won't mess around, so I passed through you." Wei Ba slowed down his expression, smiled slightly, and glanced at Feng Jin: "Wenju, don't worry, sooner or later, I will dig a big pit for Lu Xun and them and bury them all." ”

Feng Jin turned his worries into joy at this time, and smiled and said.

Wei Ba crossed the Han River and came to the city of Xiangyang. The battle under Xiangyang City is a little more fierce than the battle situation in Fancheng, Lu Xun has commanded the army to attack the city for several days, and the dark red blood stains on the walls of Xiangyang City are like huge earthworms, winding down, looking shocking. The walls were covered with a dense array of arrows, and they looked like they had grown a layer of hair. Under the city, corpses were scattered all over the place, and destroyed ladders and siege vehicles were emitting smoke, silently telling the tragedy of the battle.

Wei Ba came to Lu Xun's command platform and saw the girl named Ming Zhu at a glance. But at this moment, she wore a military uniform, pretending to be a handsome man, and stood quietly behind Lu Xun. Lu Lan leaned on the railing, overlooking the siege from afar, and sighed from time to time, but he didn't notice Wei Ba's arrival.

Lu Xun was wearing a full set of fish scale armor, and every nail leaf was polished to a remarkable appearance. His armor was not painted with black paint like the usual battle armor, but painted with a layer of white paint, which looked very plain, with his elegant face, graceful, without the slightest fireworks, but with a sense of calmness.

"Wei joins the army, how is the situation in Fancheng?" Seeing Wei Ba walking up, Lu Xun turned his face sideways and asked lightly.

"As long as there is enough food, Fancheng should not break before Xiangyang." Wei Ba replied with a grin. He didn't like Lu Xun's expression of wisdom beads in his hand very much, the more serious Lu Xun was, the more serious he became. Anyway, Lu Xun couldn't do anything about him.

"You don't want to be such a philistine, okay?" Lu Xun was very helpless, in the face of someone like Wei Ba, he really had no choice. If it was his subordinate, as long as his face sank, no one would dare to smile, but Wei Ba was not his subordinate, so he didn't eat him at all. The more serious he is, the more scoundrel Wei Ba becomes.

"I can't help it, people are iron, rice is steel, and I am hungry if I don't eat a meal." Wei Ba glanced at Lu Mingzhu, and said with a smile: "Of course, a wonderful person like Miss Mingzhu can eat less and keep in shape." ”

Lu Mingzhu frowned, turned his face, and pretended not to hear Wei Ba's words. At the beginning, Lu Xun told Wei Ba her name out of politeness, but Wei Ba kept her name on his lips at every turn, but it was a kind of unscrupulous teasing, which made her very uncomfortable.

"When will your tank battalion come?" Lu Xun quietly interrupted Wei Ba and asked straight to the point.

"The chariot battalion will be there soon." Wei Ba blinked. "General, you won't wait for King Wu to arrive?"

Lu Xun snorted softly: "The military situation is urgent, take it as soon as possible, and rest assured as soon as possible." ”

Wei Ba laughed, and laughed weirdly. He looked at Lu Xun and shook his head slowly: "General Lu, we have a word in advance, my chariot battalion only provides cover, and will not go to the front line to fight." He paused, then explained, "Every one of my shooters is precious, and there is no room for mistakes. ”

Lu Lan turned his head and happened to hear Wei Ba's words, and suddenly became angry: "Then what do you want?" ”

Wei Ba shrugged: "It doesn't matter, if you think we're useless, we don't come." ”

Lu Lan was speechless for a moment. (To be continued......)

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