30,000 elite Great Chu border troops are marching towards Jincheng.

They were ordered to arrest Xiao Chen, the most wanted criminal in the Empire.

Shangfeng didn't dare to concentrate on himself, so he sent people to the hinterland of the Central Plains and reported level by level.

Waiting for the latest order to come and organizing people to come again wasted a lot of time.

The person in charge of this operation was a general, named Meng Fei, who was very prestigious in the border army, and was a fourth-level soul master in the Xuanwu Realm.

He turned around and said in a loud voice: "The soldiers are all working hard, there is the golden city in front, as long as you can complete this task, everyone will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and the officers will be doubled, plus each person will have ten days of vacation.

The soldiers cheered loudly, and the speed under their feet involuntarily increased a notch.

Meng Fei was beside a middle-aged man who served as Mu Lao, and said with a smile: "General, this time we are just going to catch a milky and dry boy.

"It's better to be careful in everything." He said in a deep voice: "Don't look at that is just a boy under the age of twenty, but he can turn the Great Chu upside down, which shows that this person is very capable.

The staff hurriedly clenched their fists: "The general is benevolent."

The army is less than two hundred miles away from Jincheng, and it will be there tomorrow afternoon.

......

The sun was rising higher and higher, and the Pantheon soldiers had to drink water to coax their stomachs.

From yesterday afternoon to now, except for the officers, everyone has not been beaten, and although hunger is not fatal to the soul soldiers, this feeling will demoralize.

Especially after the news of the looting of grain and grass spread, it was difficult for morale to return to the state it had started.

The officers' food was guaranteed, and although the elite soldiers did not have enough to eat, they could at least have a bread to feed their stomachs.

The auxiliaries dare not speak out.Who let himself be raised by his mother.Of course, he can't compare with the son raised by his own mother.

Although the progress of digging the tunnel is very fast, it will take at least five or six days to dig under the city wall.

Cheng Da was full of wine and food, and walked out of the camp tent with a puffed stomach, and ordered with full of energy: "Everyone is ready to attack the city, and the auxiliary soldiers are in front, and the elite soldiers are close behind.

"Ordered."

Half an hour later, the hungry auxiliaries formed a siege formation, and slowly advanced towards the city walls to the sound of earth-shattering military drums.

Learn the lesson of last time.The soldiers in the front row form a shield formation.Protect the crossbowmen who follow closely behind.Whether you can break the enemy's rain of arrows.It's up to your own crossbowmen.

The huge siege machine was pushed by several people, and the wheels creaked and creaked, keeping pace with the infantry.

Eight thousand elite soldiers were located at the rear of the team, and their task was to take the opportunity to take the city wall after the auxiliaries had successfully attracted enemy fire, making sure to minimize the losses.

Wang Xuanye sat down and said with a smile: "It's still the same old routine, it's just that there are several times more troops than the last time. Cheng Da is a pig's brain? Siege is not a field battle.

Wang Taiji put down his binoculars and said: "The enemy is strong, and it will definitely cause a lot of pressure on the east gate.

"Father, don't worry, Princess Martina is personally responsible for this matter, and I promise that there will be no problems." Wang Xuanye replied.

Wang Taiji nodded: "So that's the case.I said, why didn't I see Princess Martina.She is responsible for this matter.I'm relieved.What about Xiao Xian's nephew.Why hasn't he come back?"

Wang Xuanye raised his head and looked into the distance, and said, "I think he will definitely appear at the most critical time to give the enemy an unexpected blow."

A moment later, Wang Taiji ordered in a loud voice: "All soldiers, defend against the enemy."

The crossbowmen raised their crossbows one after another, pointed at the sky at a unified angle, and pulled the crossbow machine together when the clear order was given, and tens of thousands of arrows shot out.

The bolts cut a graceful parabola in the sky, making a whooshing sound.

"Raise your shield."

The enemy hurriedly raised the wooden shield in the air, but there were still many slow people who were shot into hedgehogs.

Jingle ......

The sound of crossbow bolts hitting the shield was endless, and when the sound slowed down, someone shouted, "Shoot back."

The shield was lowered at the same time, and the archer behind him bent his bow and aimed his arrow at the height of the wall.

Both in terms of range and accuracy, the crossbow is higher than the longbow, but it also has a fatal drawback. Low rate of fire.

Under normal circumstances, it takes about three times as long for a strong crossbow to be wound and mounted to aim and shoot as a longbow, and the enemy is to use this time difference to suppress the crossbowmen on the city walls.

But what they didn't expect was that as soon as the shield was lowered, more crossbow arrows were fired.

It's not scientific.

Without the protection of their shields, the shooters were hit one after another, and almost no one was able to successfully fight back.

The commander was also dumbfounded.How could this be.Could it be that the defenders of Jincheng had a secret weapon?Otherwise, how could the rate of fire of the strong crossbow be compared to that of the longbow.

Actually, it's very simple.It was the little marquis Xiao Chen who gave a small suggestion to the defenders.Each crossbowman is equipped with two strong crossbows.plus a person who is specially responsible for winding and loading arrows.These people are composed of young people among ordinary citizens.

In this way, the crossbowman can shoot non-stop.

The sound of swishing was incessant, and the purpose of suppressing the walls vanished as the enemy's longbowmen quickly depleted.

Cheng Da had a dark face, he never thought that anyone could stop the iron hooves of the Pantheistic Sect, and he never thought that the tens of thousands of people he led would lose to the humble crossbow arrows.

"The order of the Marquis of the Bone Lord, the first person to climb the city wall, the bounty is one hundred taels, and the official is promoted to the third rank." He cried out through gritted teeth.

The herald immediately rushed into the crowd with his shield and announced the reward to all the besieging soldiers.

The morale was boosted, but it didn't take long, the effect was not obvious, everyone likes money, and likes to be promoted, but money, officials and life are more important.

Suddenly, there was a commotion from the rear army, and Cheng Da asked angrily: "What's the matter, could it be that those guys who are raiding the formation, they also want to participate in the siege, go and tell them, there is a time when they charge into battle......

"No, Lord Guduhou." One of the minions stumbled in and said in a rattling voice, "Oh no, a group of monsters suddenly appeared on the rear side, and the creatures that looked like dried corpses were riding on big black horses, and the horses didn't look like living creatures......

"It's Chen Xiao again." Cheng Da was furious: "I just ambushed Lord Ben's raiding team, and immediately attacked my back.

Before he could react, the besieging forces in front of him were thrown into confusion.