"The military strength of the Xia army is really terrifying."

Huang Zhong held a longbow and shot the Xia soldiers patrolling under Xinye City.

However, the Xia soldiers shot by Huang Zhong were only a drop in the bucket compared to the 200,000 soldiers besieging the city.

The Xia army besieged Xinye City, surrounded layer by layer, and the camp stretched to the horizon with no end in sight.

"Don't worry, the lord has long thought that there will be today, so he has hoarded a lot of grain, grass and weapons in Xinye, even if he defends for a year, the Xia army will not be able to break through Xinye City."

Cai Mao clenched her fists, full of confidence.

Cai Mao, as the representative of the Cai family in Xiangyang, was unwilling to hand over the power of Xiangyang easily.

"Generals, look, what is Xia Jun going to do?"

The defenders of Shinno Castle suddenly exclaimed.

The originally dense Xia army separated a passage, and twenty-four Hongyi cannons were pushed out, echoing the large trebuchets built by the Xia army's craftsmen.

"What's that?"

Cai Mao saw the Hongyi cannon for the first time and couldn't help but wonder.

Huang Zhong couldn't help but look sideways.

Although he didn't understand what the siege weapons pushed out by the Xia army were, Huang Zhong knew that the Xia army would not easily launch siege weapons that had no effect.

As a siege weapon valued by the Xia army, the Hongyi cannon must have its value.

"It's ...... Hongyi Cannon! ”

There are players in Xinye City who recognize the Hongyi cannon, and their faces are pale.

"Hongyi cannon?"

Wu Jue, Huan Wen and the others fell silent, they might soon see the power of the Hongyi cannon.

Xiao Xuan rode on a war horse and urged the army to deploy Hongyi cannons.

After Chu Tian obtained the construction drawings of the firearms battalion, the Hongyi cannon could smoothly replenish solid ammunition, and thousands of solid ammunition had been hoarded so far.

The siege ability of the Hongyi cannon is more terrifying than that of trebuchets.

Not only the Hongyi cannon, but also dozens of large trebuchets built by Xia Jun craftsmen, standing outside Xinye City.

The Shinno defenders held their breath.

In the face of the 178,000 defenders, the 200,000 Xia army actually made a gesture of storming Xinye City.

Joan of Arc held the fleur-de-lis banner, and 20,000 low-ranking infantry and 30,000 French protectors served as the main force for the siege.

The gunners had already reloaded the Hongyi cannon with black powder and solid shells.

Twenty-four Hongyi cannons were aimed at the walls of Shinno Castle.

Xinye City is not a large city, but it is famous because Liu Bei was once stationed here.

The 50,000-strong phalanx was lined up outside Xinye City, and 24 Hongyi cannons were in place, and Xiangyang cannons and bed crossbows cooperated with Hongyi cannons to supplement the siege firepower.

Liang Hongyu's Jianyan crossbowmen prepared two hundred chariots, and ten thousand Jianyan crossbowmen stood behind the chariots, and the Divine Arm Bow was also medium and long-range firepower.

Hua Mulan, Mu Guiying, Liang Hongyu, and Fan Lihua stood in front of the women's army, waiting to see the upcoming battle of Xinye City.

On Joan of Arc's side, the Hussite Chebao Legion's Jieshika set up a Chebao outside the city to defend the main camp, and even if the defenders went out of the city to fight back, they could not break through the Chebao defense line. Siphias, the commander of the Western Byzantine Instruction Regiment, commanded 4,000 Byzantine heavy cavalry, ready to attack.

As long as the defenders of Xinye City leave the city, then what awaits them will be the impact of the Byzantine Empire heavy cavalry of Siphias and the Xiliang iron cavalry of Fan Lihua.

Two hundred bare-shouldered Hercules stood in front of the cowhide drum, drumsticks in both hands, waiting for the order of the Lord.

Because Mulan has been following Chutian for a long time, she serves as the coach of the attack on Xinye.

In fact, the person who gave advice to Mulan was Xiao Xuan.

With Xiao Xuan's ability, commanding an army of 200,000 is already relatively reluctant.

Commanding an army of more than 200,000 people, only the emperor-level commander can be handy.

Xiao Xuan said to Mulan: "Sister Mulan, the various phalanxes are already in place, and you can order the siege of the city." ”

Mulan nodded.

The flag bearer waved the flag, and the strong man in the army saw the flag waving, waved his arm, and beat the war drums!

The drums of war are roaring!

"Launch!"

The gunners light the arquebuses of the Hongyi cannons.

Rumble!!!

With a loud bang that made the ground tremble, twenty-four Hongyi cannons bombarded the Xinye city wall!

The solid bullet was pushed by the exploding black powder and hit the city wall, and the brick wall cracked!

The defenders of the walls of Shinno Castle can even feel the walls shaking!

The Hongyi Cannon, which belongs to the primitive artillery, has shown more destructive power than trebuchets!

"How can there be such a sharp weapon......

Cai Mao was greatly flustered.

The power of the Hongyi cannon exceeded Cai Mao's imagination, so much so that Cai Mao's face turned pale.

If Cai Mao could check the morale of the defenders, he would find that the morale of the Shinno defenders had generally dropped by 1 to 5 points.

The Red Cannon has a terrifying effect on enemies and also has a bonus to the destruction of fortifications!

Huang Zhong, Wu Jue, Huan Wen and other generals were all moved.

"Xia Jun's trebuchets and bed crossbows have begun to attack!"

The defenders of Shinno Castle were in turmoil, and huge stones and fireballs were thrown and smashed on the head of Shinno Castle!

Hundreds of one-meter-long crossbow arrows were thrown down, weaving into a net, and a Jingzhou defender was pierced by crossbow arrows, and the thick crossbow arrows destroyed their internal organs!

The fireball cracked, the fire spread, the battle flag of the Song army in Jingzhou was burning, and the wolf smoke was filled!

"Fireballs are poisonous!"

The herbs in the fireball burned, and the defenders of Shinno Castle smelled the herbs, their bodies were paralyzed, and they screamed badly.

"This is the fireball unique to the Xiangyang cannon, the siege weapon of the Mongols!"

Xinye players once again recognized the Xia army's siege weapon.

Hongyi cannon, from the Qing army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xiangyang cannon, from the Mongolian army.

These two siege weapons have become the usual siege methods of the Xia army, and their power never disappoints!

Hongyi cannons, Xiangyang cannons, and eight-bull crossbows violently bombarded the city wall, and solid bullets, stones, fireballs, and crossbow arrows were overwhelming!

Under the cover of long-range siege weapons, two hundred chariots advanced towards the city wall, and 10,000 Jianyan crossbowmen held divine arm bows and threw arrows at Xinye City!

The tall siege towers moved slowly, propelled by the combined forces of the low-ranking soldiers.

The 15-meter-tall siege tower is large enough to overlook all the defenders of Shinno Castle.

The defenders of Shinno Castle are facing a desperate siege system!

Not only that, Xiao Xuan arranged a team of 5,000 low-level soldiers and craftsmen to dig tunnels, so that the defenders of Xinye City had to be distracted to defend.

The battle flag of the Xia army was unfurled, and dozens of generals of the Xia army indifferently urged a team of soldiers to go into battle, and Xinye fell into flames.

"The lord said that he could adapt to the situation, even if he used up all the solid ammunition of the Hongyi cannon, he could ......"

Because of Chutian's decentralization, Xiao Xuan ordered the Hongyi cannon to constantly bombard Xinye City.

The defenders of Shinno Castle suffered heavy losses due to the terrifying offensive of the Xia army.

A Jingzhou military general was hit by a solid bullet, and the gold-level military general was killed in an instant!

Cai Zhong and Cai He hid behind the wall with their heads in their hands, not daring to raise their heads to fight.

The Xia army's long-range attacks were so fierce that two of the arrow towers of Shinno Castle had already been destroyed by trebuchets.

The ladder of the Xia army hooked the edge of the city wall, and the French Protector Army, as a high-level cannon fodder infantry, took the lead in attacking the city!

"You two, meet the enemy with swords!"

Wu Jue, the lord of Xinye City, saw Cai Zhong and Cai He huddled under the city, so he kicked them.

Cai Zhong, Cai and his brothers trembled: "Wu Jue, the Xia army is invincible in the world, if we continue to defend it, we will only destroy the city, it is better to surrender......"

"The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the King, don't forget that the lord is still a member of your Cai family!"

Wu Jue did not count on Cai Zhong and Cai He brothers, but commanded the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty and fiercely fought back with a divine arm bow.

Thousands of French Protector soldiers were shot with a divine arm.

Joan of Arc waved the flag, giving a high bonus to the French Protectorate.

The French Protectorate fits Joan of Arc, and when Joan of Arc exerts its motivational characteristics, the holy light envelops the Protectorate, and the 30,000 Protectorate fall into a state of frenzy and climb wildly!

Huang Zhong stepped on the battlements, like a ruthless archery machine, shooting 24 sharp arrows in the quiver in one go.

The stray arrows swept past Huang Zhong, the Hongyi cannon roared, stones and fireballs fell, the city walls trembled, the wind howled, and Huang Zhong's beard trembled, like a god of war!

Under the city is a dense Xia army, even if Huang Zhong closes his eyes, he can shoot the enemy with one arrow, basically killing with one hit!!

When Huang Zhong reached for the quiver, he found that the quiver was empty.

"Quiver!"

"Huang Zhong, here you go!"

Huang Zhong's boss, Liu Biao's son Liu Pan, knew that Huang Zhong's archery skills were unparalleled in Jingzhou, so he threw another bag of quivers to Huang Zhong.

Even high-level archers basically can't lift their arms after shooting 20 arrows.

But for Huang Zhong, a bag of arrows was simply not enough.

The second bag of arrows was also quickly depleted by Huang Zhong, and dozens of French peasant armies were shot and killed by Huang Zhong.

In addition to Huang Zhong, Wu Jue, the main general of Xinye, is also good at archery, and with his own strength, he can easily shoot dozens of people.

However, even if Huang Zhong and Wu Jue were archers, they could not turn the tide, and the Hongyi cannon fired 300 rounds of solid ammunition in an hour, causing the morale of the defenders to decline rapidly, and the morale tended to collapse.

The Hongyi cannon and Xiangyang cannon bombarded intensively, destroying almost all the arrow towers in Xinye City, and Ling Cao, the general of the Wu army, was seriously injured by the rubble thrown by the Xia army's trebuchet, and fell on the city wall and struggled in pain.

"Lang Zhong, save Ling Cao!"

Huan Wen, the chief general of the Wu army, couldn't help but sweat when he saw Ling Cao being injured.

The offensive of the Xia army made the Wu and Song coalition forces suffer, and any general could be killed by the Hongyi cannon and the Xiangyang cannon.

Long-range siege weapons were only used to suppress the defenders and demoralize them, and the real casualties were the Jianyan crossbowmen armed with the Divine Arm Bow, and the fanatical French peasants with the blessing of Joan of Arc.

"The siege tower of the Xia army is less than ten zhang away from the city wall!"

"Fire Arrow, burn the siege tower, don't let the siege tower continue to approach!"

"You will follow me and destroy the siege towers!"

Huang Zhong, as the armed force of the defenders of Xinye City, saw the beast-like siege tower approaching the city wall, and at this time, he could only try to turn the tide again with his own force.

The rockets fired in unison, blocked by the cowhide on the front of the siege tower, and the fifteen-meter-high siege tower was getting closer and closer to the city wall.

Nine, eight, seven......

Rumble!

The heavy drawbridge of the siege tower was lowered, directly crushing several defenders, and the foot man in the siege tower was killed!