Under Chen Liucheng, Zhang Xiu's army formed a neat formation, with thirty super-large catapults in the front row, and at the same time, there were 10,000 soldiers of the Luoyang Legion to protect these thirty catapults, and there were also 5,000 soldiers to carry boulders and control these catapults. Behind are the remaining 15,000 soldiers of the Luoyang Corps, 20,000 Breaking Blade Battalion, 3,000 Blood Blade Battalion, and 1,000 Pangulis as the Chinese army.

On the two wings, there were 20,000 cavalry led by Hua Xiong. The appearance of the cavalry directly dispelled the determination of all the generals in Chen Liucheng to go out of the city to face the battle. Before the invention of firearms, cavalry was the king of land warfare. Even for a long time after the invention of firearms, the cavalry has not completely withdrawn from the arena of war, which shows the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.

Although Sima Yi knew that the cavalry on the opposite side might not be the strongest cavalry under Zhang Xiu, it was difficult for the morale-gagged soldiers to win in the field battle with them by losing two games in a row. The ferocious black-armored iron cavalry of that day, as well as the two inhuman infantry that were fighting hard, were difficult to resist.

Therefore, when he saw Zhang Xiujun withdraw from the catapult, Sima Yiming knew that the next battle to defend the city would be difficult, but he still decided to hold on.

Zhang Xiu half-squinted, looking at the city wall of Chen Liucheng opposite, slowly hanging pieces of wet cowhide, but sneered disdainfully. Then he shouted loudly: "Lao Hu, Lao Zhou, let them see the power of our army's trebuchet!" ”

Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang, who were beside Zhang Xiu, heard it and responded excitedly, and the two jumped off their horses at the same time, took off their armor, and walked in front of the two catapults. After Zhang Ren saw it, he held the order flag and shouted: "The first team of catapults is ready...... Launch! ”

As soon as Zhang Ren's order was reached, he saw Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang's arms slamming hard, pulling the control lever of the catapult! In fact, the soldiers were not slow and took action immediately.

"Huhuhu......"

A series of whistling sounds sounded, and the boulder weighing a hundred catties flew over a hundred paces and attacked Chen Liucheng!

On the opposite side of Chen Liucheng, Sergeant Cao saw the enemy's catapult throwing stone bombs from a hundred paces away, and he didn't feel anything. However, when they saw the volume of the stone bullets that fell from the sky, their faces immediately became extremely ugly. In terms of volume alone, Zhang Xiujun's stone bullet was several times larger than Cao Jun's stone bullet!

"Puff puff ......"

There was no suspense, and the first round of stone bullets all crashed into the wet cowhides that Cao Jun was hanging. A series of soft sounds came, but the next moment, there was no sound of "boom boom" above the city. The wet cowhide, which has always been a sharp weapon to resist the attack of the catapult, was smashed by the boulder on Zhang Xiujun's catapult under the first round of Zhang Xiujun's attack. After the boulder pierced through the wet cowhide, it fell onto the city wall with a soft explosion.

The soldiers of Cao on the top of the city did not expect that the wet cowhide would not be able to resist the attack of the catapult. After the boulder pierced through the wet cowhide and smashed down, the soldiers of Cao who came to the top of the city panicked.

Zhang Ren naturally noticed the situation in the city, and he would not let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs. I saw Zhang Ren holding the order flag and shouting: "The second team of catapults is ready...... Launch! ”

"Huhuhu......"

"Puff...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

This time, only a few boulders hit the wet cowhide, and the rest hit the city head or city wall directly, bursting into a series of roars. Some even crossed the city wall and crashed into the houses behind the city wall that had been requisitioned by Cao Jun to house soldiers. After the second round of attacks, the Cao army on Chen Liucheng became even more chaotic.

Zhang Ren would not show the slightest mercy, the flag shook, and the third round of boulders was launched at the same time, smashing hard inside and outside Chen Liucheng!

The third round of ten catapults also threw the boulders, and by this time, the first round of ten catapults had been reloaded with the boulders. Zhang Ren didn't hesitate at all, and suddenly shouted: "The first team of catapults is ready...... Launch! ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The boulder shot out again, crashing into the walls and sending stone chips flying. And the Cao soldiers above the city head are all scrambling to avoid at this time, and the wet cowhide that was completely pierced by the catapult no longer has any protective effect. Even if the soldiers hid behind the female wall at this time, they had to worry that if they were hit by a boulder in front of the female wall, the huge impact would shock them to death. It can be said that there is no place in the entire Chen Liucheng that is safe, especially the city tower of Chen Liucheng, which has become the target of the catapult's key care.

"Boom...... Rumble ......"

Zhang Xiujun's catapult attack did not pause in the slightest, often the first round of bombardment was completed, and the second round followed, such a ferocious attack made Chen Liucheng's corporatemen completely helpless.

At this time, under the city wall, Jia Kui asked Sima Yi urgently: "Dashuai, now the soldiers can't rush to the city at all, what should I do!" ”

Sima Yi was also helpless, and said: "Let the soldiers resist, and once they find that the enemy is attacking the city, they will immediately go to the city to be on guard." No matter what, you can't let Chen Liu fall! After finishing speaking, he said to Zang Ba: "Xuangao, you immediately go to some elites, and prepare to open the city gate and go out to burn the enemy's catapults." ”

Zang Ba heard this and said in surprise: "Commander, we don't have cavalry at all, if we go out of the city, it will be a lifeless situation!" ”

At this time, Sima Yi's eyes became extremely cold, and he nodded: "This Shuai knows, so you choose to be a dead soldier, as long as the enemy slings are burned, this Shuai will take good care of your family!" ”

When Zang Ba heard this, his face became extremely ugly, and he said loudly: "...... you, handsome?"

When Sima Yi heard this, he turned his head sharply and shouted: "Zang Ba, don't forget, the first battle of Zhongmu is because of your disobedience, and our army will be defeated!" ”

Zang Ba listened and was speechless. In the end, he nodded and said, "Dominate the order." After saying that, he turned around and went to order troops.

After Jia Kui saw it, he whispered to Sima Yi: "Dashuai, will this be ......?"

Sima Yi heard this, shook his head and said: "If you don't destroy the enemy's catapult, Chen Liu will be captured by the enemy sooner or later, and Ben Shuai has no choice." When Jia Kui heard this, he stopped talking.

At this moment, Zhang Xiu outside the city had already launched more than eight rounds of attacks. I only heard Zhang Xiu condense and say: "Change the thunder bomb!" ”

Thunder bomb is a new weapon that once showed great power in the water war with Jiangdong. It's a pity that because it was a water battle, it was impossible for the battleship to load too many thunder bombs, otherwise, no matter how many warships on the Jiangdong side would be finished. But now in land warfare, it is different, the production of thunder bombs is actually not difficult, to put it bluntly, it is an ordinary stone bomb with a layer of linen coat soaked in fire oil.

Although marching on land is not as dangerous as on water, flammable items still need to be handled with care. However, Zhang Xiu, as a traverser, naturally has a lot of ways to ensure the safety of the transportation of thunder bombs. The simplest way to do this was to transport them separately from the beginning, soak the linen tunic in the oil and transport it with the rest of the oil, and the stone bullets were made when they arrived at the place of war. After the stone bullet is made, the Mai is directly wrapped on the stone bullet, and the thunder bomb can be completed directly.

Now these stone bullets were collected and made together in Zhongmu before, so there are a lot of them, and it is also a simple matter to wrap Mai. Therefore, in a short period of time, Zhang Xiujun produced a large number of thunder and fire bombs.

There are so many thunder bombs, Zhang Xiu will naturally not be stingy, plus these thunder bombs are relatively light. Zhang Xiu asked each super-large catapult to place three thunder bombs.

The thunder bomb was quickly ignited, and a trace of eagerness flashed in Zhang Xiu's eyes. At this time, Zhang Ren had already waved the order flag and shouted: "The first team of catapults is ready...... Launch! ”

"Huhuhu......"

The next moment, thirty thunder fire bombs pierced the air, dragged their long red tails, and smashed fiercely into Chen Liucheng!

"Boom ......"

Thunder and fire bombs scattered inside and outside the city of Chenliu, and after the loud noise, I saw that the houses, city heads, and city towers in the city were all on fire.

Zhang Xiu saw that Chen Liucheng had already lit a fire, her face showed joy, and she said with a smile: "Justice, don't stop, give me a hard bang!" ”

When Zhang Ren heard this, he responded and shouted: "The second team is ready to ...... Launch! ”

"Huhuhu......"

Thirty more thunder bombs flew and smashed inside and outside Chen Liucheng, and before Cao Jun on the opposite side could extinguish the fire, the thunder bombs ignited more places.

In the city, Sima Yi saw that fires were rising everywhere in the city, and his face became extremely ugly. Jia Kui muttered: "How can Zhang embroider the thief and have a new type of equipment!" ”

At this time, Zang Ba had already led three thousand dead soldiers to Sima Yi, and said in a condensed voice: "Dashuai, let someone go and burn Zhang Xiujun's catapult!" ”

Sima Yi didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately said to Jia Kui: "Liang Dao, open the city gate!" ”

"Crunch ......"

Jia Kui obeyed Sima Yi's order, and as soon as the city gate was opened, Zang Ba had already led three thousand dead soldiers out of the city and rushed straight to Zhang Xiujun's catapult group.

Zhang Xiu saw it in the formation and said with a smile: "It's finally here?" After speaking, he shouted: "The catapults have temporarily stopped attacking, the crossbow team has stepped forward, and the cavalry is ready to attack at any time!" ”

Zhang Xiu issued a series of orders, and the 15,000 soldiers of the Luoyang Corps behind him suddenly cracked. Under the sun, rows of powerful crossbows flashed with bursts of cold light, bringing awe-inspiring killing intent. The next moment, rows of strong crossbows had already been pushed forward, pointing directly at Zang Ba and the three thousand dead soldiers who were still rushing forward in front!

Zang Ba saw the cold light flickering from the rows of strong crossbows, his pupils shrank in vain, and then shouted: "Spread out!" Spread out now! ”

Under Zang Ba's loud shouts, the three thousand dead soldiers began to immediately disperse the formation and accelerate forward at the same time. It's just that after Zhang Xiu saw it, he just smiled coldly, and his raised right hand was slashed off, and at the same time shouted: "Strong crossbow team, launch!" ”

"Whoosh ......"

"Woo Woo ......"

Zhang Xiu gave an order, and the first thing to strike was eighty three-bow bed crossbows. Spear-like crossbow arrows flew out at once, piercing the air with a sharp whistling. Then shoot directly into the crowd of 3,000 dead soldiers at an extremely fast speed!

"Puff puff ......"

Blood flowers suddenly rose, and although the three thousand dead soldiers had already listened to Zang Ba's order, they spread out to both sides. It's a pity that with eighty bed crossbows lined up, these Cao troops could not escape the attack range in a short time. The terrifying lethality of the bed crossbow shot through the entire scattered formation at once.

But the nightmare was not over, and it was the bolts of the crossbow cart that came a little later than the crossbow arrows of the bed crossbow. There were already one hundred and eighty arrows on just one ballista, not to mention fifty ballista carts fired together. The range of the three thousand dead soldiers was completely covered by the crossbow arrows fired by the ballista, and the originally bright sky turned gray in an instant. In the next moment, the place where the three thousand dead soldiers were located turned into a blood-colored purgatory!

"Puff puff ......"

The crisp sound of sharp arrows shooting into the bodies of the dead soldiers could not help but be heard, followed by the last screams of the dead soldiers before they died, and everyone who heard them was shocked.

A round of crossbow bolts was completed in an instant, and when I looked at it again, all three thousand dead men had fallen. But in the next moment, a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the soldiers of the two armies, because there was still a stubborn person who had not yet fallen on the dead ground.

Cao Jun in the city looked at it and recognized it as the general Zang Ba!

I saw Zang Ba at this time, with a crossbow arrow the size of a spear inserted in his shoulder and left abdomen at the same time. And on the arms and legs, I don't know how many small arrows are inserted. It's just that Zang Ba's right hand is still holding a big knife tightly, while his left hand is holding a Weng of fire oil. Although his body had been severely damaged, he still walked forward slowly, firmly towards the group of catapults.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiu's mood was a little agitated, and he couldn't help but ask loudly: "Warrior and name?" ”

After Zang Ba heard this, he gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and shouted: "Some, Taishan Zang Ba is also!" ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and praised loudly: "What a Zang Ba, I, Zhang Xiu, respect you as a hero, and I will fulfill you today!" After saying that, Zilu stepped out with a tiger-headed golden gun in his hand, and went straight to Zang Ba.

The people behind couldn't stop Zhang Xiu, so they could only shout: "Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Xiu's horse was fast, and in a blink of an eye, he had rushed to Zang Ba, and under the rapid dance of the tiger's head and golden gun, the golden phoenix appeared in the sky. The phoenix head is lightly tapped, and it goes straight to Zang Ba's throat!

Zang Ba had already reached the time when the oil ran out and the lamp dried up, and he naturally couldn't resist Zhang Xiu's shot. It's just that when Zhang Xiu's tiger-headed golden gun was about to pierce Zang Ba's throat, he heard Zang Ba whisper: "Zhang Xiu, I respect you as a hero, Sima Yi is vicious, be careful!" ”

"Poof......

As soon as Zang Ba's words were finished, he heard a soft sound, and Zhang Xiu's tiger-headed golden gun had already pierced Zang Ba's throat.

It's just that before Zhang Xiu's tiger-headed golden gun was pulled out, he heard everyone behind him shouting in unison: "Your Majesty, be careful!" ”

The next moment, Zhang Xiu only felt a strong gust of wind coming from him, and Zhang Xiu raised his head suddenly, only to see several huge stones coming towards him. Seeing the ferocity of the boulder, even Zhang Xiu couldn't help but change her face drastically. In addition to the boulder, the sharp-eyed Zhang Xiu also noticed that behind the boulder, there were crossbow arrows shining with faint green brilliance shooting straight at him, and the situation suddenly became extremely critical!

[Dedication]