The catapult stopped throwing stones.

On the upper floor of the South Gate, there was a sound of wailing, and many people were killed and injured. Several military doctors are treating wounded soldiers and guards.

Li Xiao was safe and sound in the "balloon" formed by Mao and Wen, the two Taoist elders, and the stones and gravel slammed on the "balloon", like a sky collapse and an earthquake.

Li Xiao's face turned white with fright, and the size of the falling stones was too scary. If the intimidation value of heavy rain and hail is "one", then the intimidation value of falling rocks and gravel from the sky is 10,000.

Li Xiao was a little trembling, "Dao Chief, so many people have died?"

Wen Dao said: "Not much, only one or two hundred." I don't know why these mortals are fighting?"

There has been no war in the Central Region for hundreds of years, and some people dream of a great chaos in the country, so as to earn a place in the troubled times, seek a wealth and a wonderful life.

"Hey, junior brother, you said that they are 'mortals', as if we are immortals!"

"Although we are not immortals, we are also more 'immortal' than them. ”

"Talking like this, doesn't it seem like you're very 'immortal'?"

"Senior brother, what do you mean by being very 'immortal'?"

"Hey...... Figure it out for yourself. ”

"It doesn't feel like a good thing. ”

"Senior brother, you're right. ”

"Cut, the two Taoist elders don't want gods or immortals. Why don't you save them? If you don't save them in the face of death, you will be ...... in vain. ”

"Hey, Senior Brother, what do you say to this kid?" "My junior brother and I are both Qi refining cultivators, so we can't participate in the affairs of the Great Xuan Kingdom. ”

“......”

Wen Dao said: "These are all the rules set by the founding emperor of the Great Xuan Kingdom. For more than a thousand years, it has never changed. ”

Li Xiaoxin said: You are immortal-like people, if you participate in the affairs of the Great Xuanguo, the country will be the kingdom of God.

Shouts rang out from below.

Hundreds of people shouted in unison under each ladder, pushing the ladder, and the soldiers on the ladder adjusted the angle of the crossbows.

On the city tower, Zhou Dongcang pushed away the shield in front of him, personally picked up a bow and a quiver from the mountain of weapons, walked to the female wall, put the quiver on the ground, and shouted: "Soldiers, guards, and city guards, go and pick up bows and quivers, fight side by side with me, and shoot the enemy." "Under the cover of a shield-wielding soldier, he used his light iron bow to shoot an arrow at the approaching ladder.

Zhou Dongcang's exemplary vanguard behavior played a role, and the soldiers, guards, and servants on the city tower flocked to receive bows, crossbows, quivers, swords, and guns on the ground.

Having more murderous weapons is only good.

Although a quiver could only hold more than 20 carved arrows, there were still tens of thousands of arrows and hundreds of swords and guns piled up on the city.

Most of these arrows, swords and guns were weapons accumulated by Hua Zhongxian over the course of three years, and they were first intercepted by Ma Baiyu and then taken over by Zhou Dongcang.

Before Zhou Dongcang mastered this batch of weapons, the light iron bow and crossbow were used once in the Shiyang Town Bazaar, and most of them were transferred to the hands of the Yuanyang Wei soldiers. The lost light iron bows and crossbows and light iron arrows were collected and handed over by the new Shiyang Town Market Inspector.

Today, when the war broke out, Zhou Dongcang organized soldiers to move these secret weapons from the treasury to the city tower.

After receiving the report of Jiang Tao's attack outside the city, Zhou Dongcang sensed that Jiang Longwei was about to attack the south gate in combination with the news from the opening of the city townsmen's association.

The west side of Yuanyang City is a mountainous area and hills, and there is only a small gate, and the siege equipment of the army cannot play a role; there is a natural river as a moat in the east of Yuanyang City, although the river has bottomed out, but the riverbed is very deep and wide, and there is a large amount of silt; the north gate of Yuanyang City is very close to the camp of Yuanyang Weihutou Mountain, and when attacking the north gate, it is also necessary to bypass the east gate, and if there is an army attacking at the east gate, an army can be cut into two sections, and the end and end cannot be taken into account. Jiang Longwei's army came from the south, and it was bound to attack the south gate.

Jiang Tao, who was extremely embarrassed, ordered loudly: "Brothers of the city defense battalion, guard the wall, and shoot me fiercely with the bows and arrows in your hands." ”

Hundreds of bow-wielding soldiers, guards, and servants, under the leadership of Zhou Dongcang and Jiang Tao, began to shoot arrows frantically towards the cloud ladder.

One of the siege soldiers on the ladder was shot, let out a series of screams, and fell down the ladder. The other soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to resist, and while resisting, they aimed at the crowd on the castle tower and adjusted their repeaters.

Five or six hundred Yuanyang guards in the city took advantage of the gap when the stone-throwing truck stopped projectile and climbed the south gate tower one after another.

Sun Tu said loudly: "Director Zhou, the officers and soldiers of Yuanyang Weiyou Qianhu are here. ”

After a burst of cheers, Sun Tu went to Zhou Dongcang's side, "Director Zhou, Li Liang and I killed one thousand-household official and three hundred-household officials before taking over the entire Yuanyangwei army, and changed the five battalions of Yuanyangwei into three battalions of the new middle, new left, and new right, each battalion only has five or six hundred people. ......”

"Good, good. More on that later. Hurry up and go into battle. ”

Sun Tu likes to command battles, and he is calm, "Right Qianhu Officer, you take two hundred-man teams over there, and the other three hundred-man teams stay here with me." ”

The commander of the guard battalion covered his head that was smashed by a stone with one hand, raised the sword in his hand with the other, and said, "Guards, use your shields and swords to protect the safety of Director Zhou and all the officers. ”

The right thousand household officials pulled the longbow in his hand and gave an order in his mouth: "Release the arrow." ”

"Shoot the arrows. ”......

"Look at the target and put the ......"

The arrows shot from the castle tower were dense and ferocious, and the crossbow soldiers on the ladder would be wounded or killed if they were slightly paralyzed and their bodies were exposed. The soldiers who pushed the ladder and loaded the catapult with stone bullets suffered heavy losses, with eight or nine hundred dead and wounded.

The arrows fired by a normal crossbow are difficult to pierce through the armor, but the Divine Bow and Crossbow made of light iron can penetrate the iron armor.

The soldiers on the three ladders adjusted their crossbows, and there was no unified password, and more than 30 crossbows fired more than 300 crossbow arrows one after another.

More than 300 crossbow arrows were shot at the city near Zhou Dongcang, covering the sky and the sun.

The soldiers and guards on the tower threw down their bows and crossbows, hurriedly picked up their shields, and raised them high above their heads to prevent them from being shot into "hedgehogs".

The slow-moving soldier was immediately shot by the crossbow arrow, and fell to the ground screaming in pain, and several more arrows were quickly inserted into the exposed body, and the arrows continued to increase after death.

A series of crossbow attacks, killing and wounding more than a hundred people.

Shouts and war drums rang out from below. The shouts came from under the ladder, which was pushed by hundreds of people so that the top of the ladder was at the same height as the edge of the wall, so that the soldiers could attack the wall. The sound of the war drums came from the 4,000 men who were wielding the siege equipment, the 3,000 men led by the three thousand officials, and the other 3,000 men followed by the 3,000 troops.

After the commander, after the queue, he said to the herald beside him: "Order: Order the 1,000th household official to lead a team of 1,000 people to climb the ladder and conquer the city tower." ”

"Ordered. ”

After the 1,000th household official received the order, he jumped off the war horse, handed the reins of the mount to a 100th household official, and said, "Your logistics team will watch the war horse and stand by in place." He drew his saber and shouted, "The thousandth team, get off the horse and climb the ladder, and rush with me." ”

Nine hundred light cavalry turned into light infantry and ran towards the ladder.

Underneath the tower, the stone-throwing cart in the gap between the stairs started again, first with the creaking of the writhing arms, then with the coaxing of flint bullets cutting through the air, and finally with the screams of the soldiers on the tower.

Stones and gravel flew indiscriminately, and three Yuanyang City officials were stoned to death and many were injured.

In the second round, it was still flint bombs. In the third round, it was a stone bullet weighing hundreds of pounds.

Three rounds of stone bullets smashed the soldiers on the city tower to the point that they did not dare to show their heads.

The 1,000th household official climbed the new-style ladder first, and the cavalry behind him were also vigorous, worthy of being one of the strongest soldiers in the whole river city.

By the time Zhou Dongcang, Sun Tu, and Jiang Tao shouted and shot arrows one after another, the soldiers of the 1,000th household had already climbed to the edge of the female wall of the city tower.

The arrows shot from the city tower only killed dozens of Jiangcheng soldiers, and the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat and began hand-to-hand combat.