The ghost city is tall and strong, and the Yin army does not have an absolute superiority in strength to attack, so the marshal of the day tour wants to play some "tricks" first. After the scolding war didn't work, he sent an envoy to recruit An.

The ghost marshal and the ghost army have always been the henchmen of the underworld, and they must be cut down to the roots, and it is naturally impossible to recruit An. Therefore, I estimate that the purpose of Marshal Riyou is definitely not to really negotiate, but to lure the ghost out of the city in the name of negotiation, and then he can capture the thief and capture the king first!

However, you always have to do a full set of plays. The envoy of the Marshal of Riyou even brought a jar of wine over and shouted to the soldiers of the ghost army at the head of the city: "In order to show sincerity, our Marshal of Riyou also specially brought a jar of drunken brew, and I want to invite the marshal to come and have a drink!" ”

As a result, a ghost general came out of the ghost city, laughed and said: "You can't win the war, and you can't win by scolding your mother, you cowards now want to earn my marshal out of the city?" If it's really drunk, then you can bring it up and give me a taste! ”

Who would come all the way to fight and really bring a jar of wine for the ghost to drink, and the wine that is expensive to die in? This "bait" is indeed too fake!

The envoy had no choice but to prevaricate and continue to fool. In the end, the ghost general was also impatient, and pointed at the messenger and scolded: "What kind of peace? What kind of alcohol to drink? If you want to attack the city, you will come to attack the city, and don't talk nonsense! ”

The second plan failed again, and Marshal Riyou couldn't think of any other tricks, so he had to order his subordinates to actively prepare for the siege.

Because it was an expedition, no large siege equipment was brought, only a few sets of ladders that could be disassembled and assembled, and dozens of bed crossbows. In the face of such strong walls and stone gates in a ghost town, these are not the only ones, and a siege vehicle is still necessary.

The more advanced battering ram is actually a giant chariot, called a "battering engine". The roof of the siege vehicle is covered with a fireproof, waterproof, and arrow-firing roof to protect the soldiers in the vehicle who are responsible for hitting the door; The bottom of the car is equipped with wheels, which can be pushed; The most critical component is a giant log, suspended from the beam, which can continuously hit the city gate like a monk hitting a bell using the pendulum principle.

Although the giant siege engine was not brought this time, the craftsmen and blueprints came with the expeditionary force. In the past, Marshal Riyou used the tactics of scolding and persuading surrender that seemed to have no chance of winning, but in fact, the more important purpose was to buy time for the craftsmen to hurry up and build siege vehicles.

There were no trees nearby, so the only way to build a siege engine was to use stone pillars as materials. This is easier to solve, as stalactites or stalagmites can be found everywhere in underground caverns, and when broken, a long stone pillar is formed. The baggage battalions of each army were sent out to collect them, and they soon returned with ten or eight roots.

If there are no wheels, they will be replaced by large snails that carry military supplies. A simple stone pillar shelf was erected on the backs of the four large snails, and the shields were put together to form a protective roof, and the largest stone pillar was hung under the stone shelf as a battering ram. After a few days of tinkering, an innovative "Snail Siege Vehicle" was built!

According to the conventional tactics of the Yin army, the sword and shield soldiers must still be the main force of the siege, responsible for forming a shield array to take turns to charge in front, covering the siege vehicles to slowly advance in front of the city gate. The pikemen were responsible for operating the siege engines and ramming the gates. Before the official siege of the city, the two Yin Shuai of the day tour and night tour each dispatched their soldiers to practice and cooperate, and formed three echelons to take turns to operate the siege vehicles.

Marshal Riyou is an "old antique" who is more than 200 years old, and his command of operations is quite "ancient," so it is inevitable that he will have to come up with some regulations. After all the needs for the siege were arranged, he deliberately chose an auspicious day for the zodiac, slaughtered animals and sprinkled wine on the ground, and prayed for the victory of the division.

After a set of red tape, it's finally time to go to war!

It is customary to shoot a few rounds of arrows before the siege to give the defenders some disadvantage. The archers brought by the Yin army this time were about 1,200, and the width of the three rows was nearly a mile, which could completely cover the entire wall of the ghost city.

"Lead ......"

Twelve hundred archers, under the command of a unified command, moved in unison, put an arrow on the bowstring, and raised the bow forward. At this time, they were about one hundred and twenty meters away from the ghost town.

"Full ......"

The archers quickly drew their bows and began to aim. In fact, they didn't have a specific goal, but just raised the angle of their shot, intending to use the projectile to shoot the arrow that ignited the ghost fire into the city.

"Put!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! ”

1,200 arrows flew towards the ghost town like a swarm of locusts, and the defenders had already found a hiding place to avoid the first round of arrows.

"Tuk tuk! Tuk tuk! ”

A dense stream of arrows landed on the walls and the city head almost simultaneously. However, the effect of this round of salvo was not ideal. The walls of the ghost town were high enough, and the distance of one hundred and twenty meters was too far, so that only half of the arrows hit the head of the city, and the other half were all shot at the hard walls, breaking and falling in vain.

"All of them, ten steps forward!" The commander of the Yin Army, who was in charge of directing the salvo, was also very experienced, re-estimating the angle of fire and adjusting the distance. Now the distance between the archers and the city walls was only one hundred and ten meters.

"Lead ......"

"Full ......"

"Put!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! ”

The second round of arrow rain was obviously much better than the first round, and most of them could shoot at the head of the city and cause a certain amount of damage. Finally, I heard a few screams from the ghost army at the head of the city.

"! What are you afraid of? If they can shoot us, can't we shoot them? One of the ghost generals jumped up and yelled in frustration, urging his archers to get up from under cover and return fire.

Although the archers of the ghost army are not as good as the Yin army's archery, they are condescending and shoot in groups, so they don't need too much aiming, so they are not at a disadvantage in shooting. On the contrary, it was the Yin army's side, because it did not have a city wall as a cover like the ghost army, and it also lost a lot of archers at the beginning.

But the Yin Army's capabilities are more than that. The baggage battalion also brought dozens of bed crossbows this time, and this is the time for them to exert their might.

The bed crossbow is a giant crossbow composed of three large bows together, with spears as arrows, and a machine bracket and a winch to stretch the strings, and it takes several people to operate one. However, the power of the bed crossbow is indeed domineering, just like the ** of the cold weapon era, and the range can reach up to 500 meters!

The bed crossbow is not used to shoot people, it is used to shoot buildings. If the city gate is made of wood, it is not difficult to shoot through the city gate directly with the great power of the bed crossbow. And if it is fired directly into the city, an arrow can even destroy a tiled house.

Even if the wall is facing a wall, if the wall is made of earth or wood, the arrows fired from the bed crossbow can be nailed into it, leaving a long shaft on the wall. The besieging soldiers could then use these arrows to climb to the top of the city. The walls of the ghost town are made of mud and stones, and after a few rounds of shooting, dozens of "wooden nails" are added to the wall.

As soon as such a powerful giant crossbow appeared, the defenders at the head of the ghost town were terrified, and they were simply terrified. The archers of the Ghost Army, who had just gained some advantage, were immediately suppressed, and the archers of the Yin Army regained their superiority. At the same time, the infantry began to sortie.

The 8th Battalion of the Hou Army, where I was on the night tour, was incorporated into the first echelon and took the lead in forming a shield array to advance towards the ghost town. The sword and shield soldiers are the most numerous basic troops in the coalition army, with a total of more than 2,000 soldiers, and are divided into three echelons of 700 people each. These 700 men are the assault team, and they have to open the way for the other troops and siege vehicles behind.

"Jingle bell! Jingle Bell! ”

The ghost army shot countless arrows from the top of the city, and it really rained down. The only difference is: once you are hit by these "raindrops", you will be pierced by your hands and feet, or you will be killed on the spot!

Forced by the power of the rain of arrows, the shield array we formed was impenetrable, and everyone was tightly huddled together, even the battalion commander like me gave up the Cerberus and stood with the ordinary soldiers with the shield in hand, slowly moving forward step by step.

The distance of about 150 meters was relatively easy for us to deal with. As long as the shield array is dense enough, it will be difficult for the rain of arrows at the head of the city to shoot in. But when we finally reached the bottom of the city walls and felt relieved, Hell Mode began!

"Bone! Bones! With a few dull sounds of huge objects rolling down, the seventh battalion of the army, which was right next to the night tour of the eighth battalion, suddenly broke out into a terrible howl.

"Bang!"

"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”

I turned my head and saw that the position of the 7th Battalion was in shambles, with dust and smoke rising everywhere. A round boulder the size of a cabinet suddenly fell from above, directly smashing a piece of the seventh battalion to the ground!

The shields and armor that seemed to be hard were smashed to pieces in front of the boulders. Human bones and flesh are like grains on a stone mill, which are crushed and exploded in an instant. The bloody arrows shot out from under the boulder stained the soldiers of the 8th Battalion, who were only two or three meters apart, into blood, and the scene was extremely bloody and disgusting!

I was astonished, and hurriedly removed the shield from my head and looked out at the city. At this moment, a huge thick tree was pushed down by the ghost soldiers above us, and rolled down the slightly sloping city wall!

"There's a log!" I hurriedly shouted, "Stand back! Back off! ”

The soldiers of the 8th Battalion were trained very strictly by me, especially emphasizing orders and prohibitions and quick responses. As soon as the chiefs heard my shout, they immediately shouted: "Stand back!" Back off! ”

The entire Eighth Battalion didn't turn around, but everyone collectively took a few steps back, which left some buffer distance, but it was certainly still within the range of the Rolling Logs.

So, again, I shouted, "Everybody crat down, put up your shield!" ”

"Squat! Vertical shield! Vertical shield! ”

We had just crouched down and raised our shields forward, when the thick log fell in front of us!