The black clouds under the sky slowly moved forward, the army on the ground slowly advanced, between heaven and earth, the wind howled endlessly, the heavy rain poured non-stop, the neat marching sound, the murderous slogan, the mighty and majestic war drums, the inspiring horn sound, all kinds of sounds, all intertwined at this moment, rendering the whole picture more solemn and solemn, as if it was a historical picture scroll spread out, heavy on everyone's heart, whether it is an insider, or an outsider, looking at this shocking scene, you can't help but hold your breath。

War is an incomparably cruel thing, but after a simple round of trebuchet projectiles, because the soldiers are standing too densely, in such a short period of time, the casualties caused are as high as seven or eight thousand.

A boulder weighing a thousand pounds, falling from a height of 100 meters with a momentum, the lethality is absolutely devastating, even if it is a natural disaster, it is nothing more than that, let alone being hit head-on, even if it is just standing next to it and being rubbed, at least half of his life is gone, and it is difficult for the wounded to get effective treatment at this time, so their fate, in fact, from the beginning, has been equivalent to being sentenced to death.

This is not only killing and injuring a lot of patriotic soldiers, that is just incidental, in addition, there are two cloud towers destroyed by the boulder, and there are as many as three catapults, which is actually a very remarkable result, but for such a large number of troops, in fact, it is just a few small splashes, which can only cause a temporary riot, and cannot stop their progress.

Xie Houyin stood on the three-story platform, naturally saw this extremely terrifying scene, couldn't help but squint his eyes, his heart rippled, and secretly said that he was lucky, because the miscalculation of the distance just now, or the lack of intelligence about the enemy, was actually likely to lead to the death of his commander, after all, he was originally going to go a little further forward to watch and command.

It's just that he was blessed to stop in place early, otherwise as long as he went further, the powerful boulders would have been smashed towards him, and under the cover of such dense firepower, he stood on the high platform again, even if he was not hit by the stone head-on, it was only the high platform below that was destroyed, and it was not a trivial matter for him to fall from above.

"Kill!"

He flipped his wrist, held the long sword with a finger, looked at the seemingly impregnable city wall in the distance, and roared into the distance, beside him, the loyal herald began to wave the extremely conspicuous red flag in his hand vigorously, which was used to convey the flag code that had long been remembered by the commanders at all levels, and assisted Xie Houyin in commanding the whole army.

Not to mention the enemy, just their own investment in the troops, as many as 150,000, the whole battlefield is so big, just rely on the voice to command, that is definitely not good, just this battle down, no matter the victory or defeat, the average person has to roar dumb, not to mention that the surrounding environment is too noisy, the human voice is not good, if you just rely on some high-pitched musical instruments, such as suona and other things to transmit the message, in fact, it is also very difficult, so the simplest and most effective way is to rely on the flag, and the red is the most conspicuous, you can see it at a glance。

Those ordinary soldiers don't have to keep looking at the place where the commander is here and waiting for the order, after Xie Houyin's order is issued, first of all, the heralds on the high platform where he is standing begin to wave the flag vigorously and transmit the message, and then, evenly distributed throughout the army, and those who beat the war drums and blow the horn The second-level standard-bearers who stand in the same place also began to wave the flag in their hands, and then, by the captains who knew the order, thousands of households, hundreds of households, and squad leaders passed the orders layer by layer, and after a while, the soldiers below naturally knew what to do。

After surviving the enemy's first round of trebuchet projectiles, they also knew that it was no longer time to hesitate, and after receiving Xie Houyin's order, they hurriedly took advantage of the rare gap in the middle to speed up their pace and continue to advance, and soon closed a large distance.

At this moment, as a pre-war mobilization, the sound of the three-way drum began to become more and more rapid, and the rhythm was even more dense than the raindrops that kept falling overhead, and the horns were frequently urging, and it was already time for the decisive battle.

But the situation is completely different from just now, the speed at this time must not be too fast, because if they can maintain the integrity of the formation in such a high-speed movement, then they are undoubtedly the first army of the Southland.

In fact, this kind of synergy, or tacit understanding, between soldiers, must be built up by long-term and continuous practice, and it is not possible to fill the previous gap in a few days, and it is impossible for anyone to train.

In order to be able to effectively defend against the attacks of the enemies on the opposite wall, they can only rely on the stupid method of raising shields, it is impossible to rely on armor alone, first of all, there is not so much silver and materials to equip every soldier with outstanding defensive ability, if you really want to install it, it is estimated that a small half of the 150,000 people can't run, so the armor on their bodies is actually a decoration that is better than nothing, the lining is just cotton, and it is almost impossible to resist the momentum a little, and it is a fool's dream to rely on this kind of thing to resist arrows。

The phalanx they formed, a group of about 500 people, each of whom had a very clear division of labor, was responsible for the defense in one direction, and each performed its own duties, forming a very simple iron bucket array, and even if the arrows above poured over like water, it could basically resist the pressure.

Of course, there is no perfect battle formation in the world, it is just a targeted use of the enemy's strengths and weaknesses, and a defensive battle formation like this kind of turtle shell is not exhaustive, without any flaws, and occasionally some stray arrows can fall through the gap and shoot into the people inside.

At times like this, you can only consider yourself unlucky, but fortunately, because it is a heavy rainy day, it is difficult to say that the arrow is lit even if it is wrapped in pine oil, and in order not to reduce the penetrating power, it is impossible for the arrow to wrap around things, so the power of the fire attack, which is the most threatening to this battle array, has been weakened a lot.

The opposing army is moving forward with the advance of time at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and the pressure on the defender is absolutely unimaginable, because seeing their own attacks fall on the opponent's body, basically in vain, they can't help but start thinking about whether they can stop these fierce enemies this time.

Wanyan Keni, who had just ascended the city tower to command a pass, had obediently hid behind at this time, after all, he had just given the other party a dismount with a new trebuchet, but he didn't want to follow closely and become the opponent's key target, and when the time came, don't be like the unjustified souls who died under the boulder just now, there is not even a complete corpse, and it directly becomes a mass of minced meat.

"Ballista, Ballista, Ballista!"

Knowing that the opponent was also prepared, and if he wanted to break the opponent's iron bucket formation, he had to rely on one more thing, so he hurriedly shouted behind him and gave an order, and at this time, naturally there were guards running while conveying his orders.

The soldiers who got the order here immediately pushed this monster that made people's backs chill just by looking at it to the edge of the battlements, and saw that on the front of each ballista, a full seven crossbow arrows were evenly placed, and the trunk was as thick as a fist, more than six feet long, and looked at it from a distance, as if the fan bone of a folding fan had been opened, and this,

It is also a big killer weapon that is far superior to the ballista under the Patriots in all aspects.

"Put!"

There is no need to deliberately target anyone, because there are all people at the bottom, and because they are at a high point, as long as they don't aim at the bottom stupidly, they will definitely be able to hit the target easily, and the real purpose of their ballista at this time is to disrupt the opponent's formation and rhythm, as well as to hit the enemy's morale, and to cause as much damage as possible, and there is no targeting, it is different from before.

The two soldiers on the side of the ballista roared, and pushed the mechanism above, the black bowstring was relying on the help of the merman clan, using the fascia of a sea beast in the sea, plus a lot of extremely valuable materials synthesized, its elasticity is excellent, this time it was full of sudden release, and in an instant there was a huge explosion, almost not to scare the people next to him.

In an instant, I saw seven arrows that were exactly like ordinary spears, flying out from the city wall, and the arrows flashed with a strange cold light, and without waiting for the people below to react, they were like a vicious beast, and crashed straight into the enemy's phalanx.

"Boom!"

The crossbow arrows carried the power of a thousand jun, and unceremoniously slammed into the shield with a very smooth skin, without being slipped to the side, nor did it hit any obvious depressions, because on these special crossbow arrows, there was a priceless deep-sea cold iron, which was very hard, and this time the power was great, and the shield was directly pierced, not to mention, and even continued to rush back with people.

In just an instant, there was a very conspicuous flaw in the entire phalanx, and the soldiers of the Liang Kingdom above also hurriedly took this opportunity to draw their bows and arrows inside, and kept shooting at the enemies who had been disorganized.

When shooting by manpower, although the lethality is definitely not as good as that of ballistas and trebuchets, the accuracy is greatly greater than that of machinery, and under the cover of such a dense rain of arrows, the phalanx that collapsed due to the collision of crossbow arrows soon appeared a lot of damage.

Xie Houyin, who was far away on the high platform in the rear, just looked at all this coldly, and was not shocked by the unusually huge power of the other party's crossbow cart, but ordered the people below very calmly: "Speed up!

He dared to assert that even if the enemy's equipment was much better than that of several parties, the impact on them was limited, because it took a certain amount of time to reload.

This is right, because no matter how powerful Gu Cang is, he is not an all-rounder, like these ballistas, trebuchets, including the hand* crossbows and other things equipped by the Blood-draining Army, all of them are created by relying on his hard work to recruit many talents from the people to form a special research machine, although its power and killing range are much larger, but the loading problem has not been well solved.

The soldiers above must re-string with the mechanism, and then put the crossbow arrows, which takes a certain amount of time, although it is not much, but this is a gap in the fire coverage above, at this time, even if it is against the rain of arrows overhead, it is necessary to charge forward quickly, because it can run one more step during this time, and then it may be the difference between life and death.

And the so-called war was originally to rely on human lives to pile up, Xie Houyin didn't have any sympathy for these people, the first round of attack was originally a tentative heart, otherwise the 600,000 army would not be able to attack even if it was scattered into a few points.

First of all, they have to test the enemy's reaction, and it is best to force out some of the enemy's hole cards, so that they can better make a successful strategy against it later.

In order to achieve the final victory, sacrifices are inevitable along the way, and they are all prepared for this, and what they don't know is just these ordinary soldiers who are working around for no reason.

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