Late at night, above the city defense of Bluestone Fort, it was brightly lit.

When the alarm bell rang at the top of the tower, all of a sudden, the whole city was awakened.

As several Han people labored, holding gongs and drums through the various lanes in the city, the sound of rapid gongs and drums suddenly spread to all corners of the bluestone fort.

After hearing the sound of the warning bell and the sound of gongs and drums, all the leaders in the city, as well as those who had rested from the laborers, hurriedly put on their clothes and armor, brought weapons and crossbows, and hurried straight to the city tower.

There is a lot of movement tonight, and there must be an enemy attacking the city.

On the brightly lit city tower, Yang Zheng led the core leaders of Bluestone Castle, all gathered here, ready to welcome the arrival of the enemy.

Everyone looked up at the sky, the stars were dim, the night was dark, and it looked very depressing.

On both sides of the narrow valley outside the city of Bluestone Castle, Yang Meng had already led more than a dozen strong men who were strong and vigorous to climb to the top of the mountain, as long as they found that the enemy appeared in the valley and entered the rolling stone trap they had deployed, he would put down the rolling stones and call the attacking enemy to drink a good pot.

Zhao Tiequan, Liu Shengyuan, Yang Qian, Jiang Chun, Yang Mazi and others all gathered around Yang Zheng, looking at the dark valley in front of them, everyone couldn't help frowning.

Suddenly, Zhao Tiequan couldn't help but speak: "Owner, why don't we send another team of men and horses out to visit and see where the enemy is hiding, how many people they have, and who are they?" ”

Yang Zheng shook his head and said: "No need, the enemy is obviously prepared, we have already lost a team of spies, if we send people out of the city again, we will still be sent to death, if nothing else, the enemy outside should be the Khitans of the Blood Wolf Gang." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Yang Qian said: "It's been so long, there is no movement outside, those Khitans haven't launched an attack for a long time, what are they waiting for?" ”

At this time, Liu Shengyuan spoke: "It is estimated that we are waiting for dawn, at that time, the men and horses on our city defense have been vigilant all night, and the people are tired and depressed, if you choose to attack the city at that time, you will occupy a certain advantage." More importantly, most of these people are probably blindfolded, and if they attack the city in the dark, it will be against them. ”

Hearing this, Yang Zheng turned his head to look at Jiang Chun and asked, "Brother Jiang is from the military, what do you think about this?" ”

Jiang Chun lowered his head and thought for a while, "Lord Liu is right, if the enemy is blindfolded, it is indeed not conducive to attacking the city at night. When we followed Chen Qigong to raise troops in Yuantang, we could serve as the men and horses who attacked at night, and they must be the elite of the army, and the blood wolf gang of these Khitans, although they are all brave and ruthless people, but they are not as good as those regular troops, they do not have good eating habits, and they do not like to eat livestock liver and red cabbage, so they will suffer from blindfolds to some extent. ”

Yang Zheng lowered his head and thought about it, "No matter when the enemy attacks, we must not take it lightly, tonight everyone is on guard and ready to fight at any time, if the enemy attacks at dawn, it will also be beneficial to us, after all, in our Bluestone Castle, there are no longer a few people who suffer from blindfolding!" ”

Zhao Tiequan nodded, "That's right, we must always be ready for battle, fortunately, during this time, the city defense has been strengthened, even if the enemy attacks, we are not afraid!" ”

At this time, Jiang Chun looked at the defensive deployment above the city defense, and couldn't help frowning: "Castle master, my subordinates feel that these dozen or so ballistas above this city defense are completely ornamental, and they can't exert their due power at all!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Tiequan said unhappily: "If the ballista is not placed on the head of the city, can it be placed outside the city?" ”

Jiang Chun smiled awkwardly, "The subordinates didn't intend to offend Lord Zhao, but the original group of Khitans didn't understand the city defense, and when they built the city wall, they didn't leave a cannon hole at the bottom of the city wall. ”

Yang Zheng agrees with Jiang Chun's statement.

Ballista resting in ancient times, it is equivalent to a heavy machine gun, if it is placed in a high place, it is an oblique shot, at most it can only shoot down from mid-air, nailing one or two people to the ground, the lethality is limited, if it is deployed parallel to the ground, once the ballista is fired, the powerful crossbow arrows can easily penetrate the body of five or six people, or even more.

What's even more terrifying is that once the ballista bombards out, it can be like a string of gourds, knocking the enemy behind into a large area, which is not only lethal, but more importantly, a psychological deterrent to the enemy.

Although Jiang Chun is more proficient in the way of city defense and what he says is more reasonable, at this moment, Yang Zheng can only silently remember it in his heart and will not say anything to support him.

After all, all along, Zhao Tiequan was in charge of the city defense of Qingshi Fort, and if he agreed with Jiang Chun's suggestion at this moment, he would undoubtedly be slapping Zhao Tiequan in the face.

Even if Zhao Tiefist doesn't say it, there will definitely be a gap in his heart, and when the time comes, he will not only be dissatisfied with Jiang Chun, but also complain about Yang Zheng, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the entire team.

I can only wait for the future, slowly communicate with Zhao Tiequan, and teach him the correct way to deploy the city defense.

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When a hint of fish belly white gradually appeared in the distant sky, the sky finally began to brighten.

At this moment, on the left side of the entrance to the narrow valley, there is a withered yellow secluded mountain forest.

In the mountains and forests, frost and ice are everywhere.

The iron wolf, covered in iron armor, stood on top of a boulder, watching the sky get brighter and brighter, and a cold chill finally appeared in his eyes.

Under the boulder, there is an open small valley, and in the valley, two thousand elites of the Blood Wolf Gang have fierce eyes, and their bodies exude a cold and fierce aura.

All of them are armed and ready to go.

Thirteen bowl-mouth cannons thicker than thighs were quietly placed in the cart, and the lead gunpowder was all loaded, waiting to be killed to the bottom of the valley and bombarded the gates of Bluestone Fort.

In the depths of the small valley, there is a clearing.

There was a lavishly decorated sedan chair parked in the open space, and the sedan chair was wrapped in thick cotton silk, and there were faint bursts of weak coughing sounds from inside.

At this time, the iron wolf jumped off the boulder violently, walked quickly to the gorgeous sedan chair, knelt on one knee, and looked extremely respectful, "Master, it's dawn!" ”

There was a cough again in the small sedan chair, and after a moment of silence, a delicate panting voice slowly came from inside, "Then let's do it, cough cough cough ......"

After hearing the order from the sedan chair, the iron wolf turned around like a whirlwind, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, kill!" ”