The large oars and shields were lifted out one by one by the auxiliaries and began to line up in front of the formation, and the atmosphere on the entire battlefield seemed to be frozen at this time, just waiting for that moment to erupt. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Jiang Feng noticed that Yang Kan, Ding Man, and Guo Tai had all entered the designated Tibetan soldier cave according to the plan, leading a heavily armed soldier, while Zhang Yue and Gu Minghai were each based on a section of the city wall, ready to fight.

Finally, the drums on the opposite side began to beat, and the oars and shields moved forward, like a slow but determined surge of earthy yellow mud.

Yang Kan also came closer, "Erlang, it's finally here." ”

"What should come always comes, and I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Jiang Feng's expression remained unchanged, "Order! The Falling Wooden Tower will not move, the bed crossbow will be prepared, the tension will be prepared, the archers will be on alert, and each department will carry out it on its own according to the plan, so you don't have to report to me again!"

The heralds who gathered around Jiang Feng immediately repeated it, and then rushed away to convey the general's orders to all sections of the city wall.

The first formation was fought by the auxiliary soldiers, as well as the auxiliary soldiers and even the people they protected, and these auxiliary soldiers and people had to throw the soil bags into the moat to form several passages for the ants and soldiers to climb the wall smoothly, which was an indispensable prelude.

It would be too wasteful to expose the power of the Fallen Wooden Tower on these soldiers, Jiang Feng didn't plan to do so, just the improved catapult was enough for these guys to drink a pot.

After the siege of the city by the ant thieves, the material official office is making every effort to improve the catapult, and there is no major improvement in power, mainly to improve the durability of its key components, so that the catapult can work longer at high frequency and high intensity, so that most of the catapult will not be destroyed and unable to work before a war is over.

The sound of the creaking bed crossbow gives goosebumps on the body, and the thick bolts are ready to fire.

At this time, Gushi City is no longer the Gushi City of more than a month ago, from the beginning of the withdrawal of the ant thieves, Jiang Feng knew that there was this battle with the Caizhou army after all, so he asked the material officials to go all out to make all kinds of equipment and armor.

From grass and wood armor to stumbling crossbows, to catapults and bed crossbows, it can be said that the craftsmen and apprentices of the entire Gushi City have all been incorporated into the military system and have gone all out to serve this war.

The crossbow and catapult are the most priority guarantees, but although the long-range strike weapon of the bed crossbow lacks some in the head, it is the greatest in terms of power and deterrence, and the level of craftsmanship is far less high than the crossbow, so He Decai has also made more than 30 pieces.

The drums tightened suddenly, and the shield array also suddenly accelerated, covering the auxiliary soldiers and people behind them, and in just three hundred steps, it only took a few charges to pounce in front of them.

Of course, it was impossible for the shield array to cover the huge auxiliaries and people behind it, and with the shocking sound of the bed crossbow, dozens of thick crossbow arrows shot out like a storm.

A part of the crossbow arrows concentrated on the front edge of the oar-and-shield array, stirring up a burst of loess; a small number of them hit the oar-and-shield with a huge impact, and the huge impact force pierced the oar-and-shield and the oar-and-shield made of a mixture of skin and wood broke with it, and the screams were obviously caused by the huge impact of the soldiers holding the shield behind them.

Some of them flew over the shield and fell into the camp of the auxiliaries and civilians behind the shield array, and immediately rolled up a little blood and chaos, exclamations, screams, and screams.

Compared with more than a month ago, the proficiency and efficiency of the soldiers operating the bed crossbow are no longer the same, although they still look a little flustered in the tense state of battle, but Jiang Feng is already very satisfied, at least, compared to the time when he fought with the ant thief.

However, as the Ludun Array continued to advance without hesitation, the bed crossbow was obviously unable to stop such a huge torrent from advancing, and of course, it was impossible for the defenders of Gushi City to stop there.

The crossbow bolts swept like a gust of wind, and immediately blew out a white ground for the auxiliary soldiers and people behind the shield array, and the terrible screams mixed with the red blood on the loess formed a spectacular and tragic ink painting, which shocked the generals standing on the top of the city wall.

With the sound of "boom boom" again, the second round of strafing of the crossbow once again formed a ribbon-like blank in the camp of the Caizhou Army auxiliaries who came over.

Seeing the partners in front of them struggling and screaming in a pool of blood, not to mention the auxiliaries and people, even the soldiers of the Caizhou Army would have great fear and timidity.

The officers behind him are about to play a role at this time, shouting, urging the auxiliaries and civilians to speed up, even at the cost of marching to supervise the formation.

The shield array in front of you will not stop, the farther away you are from the shield array, the more likely it is to be hit by the crossbow arrows, this reason is not that the auxiliary soldiers and the people do not understand, but the fear at that time makes them subconsciously want to stop, want to turn around and flee away from death.

Accompanied by the reprimands and angry scolding of the officers, the screen card also began to be held high, which is a leather card specially used to fight against the attack of the crossbow and bow and arrow, which was held high behind the shield array, so as to minimize the damage caused by the crossbow arrow to the soldiers behind the shield array.

The formation of the Caizhou army has become further loose, and the speed of advancement is also accelerating, but at this time, they have to face the blow of the strongest weapon of the Gushi Army, the whirlwind cannon, that is, the catapult, just like the ant thieves at the beginning.

With a whirl, a speckled black cloud with an incomparable strong wind whistled, stones fell one after another, and the soldiers' bones were broken and their flesh and blood were flying, which was miserable.

Whether it is a shield or a screen card, it is difficult to resist this kind of boulder baptism with huge inertia kinetic energy, it can be said that the shield is broken, the card is broken, the person dies, and the black cloud is shrouded in which piece, which piece is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Rao is Yuan Wuwei, Yuan Wuxing, Yuan Wuving, and the other Ruyang Eight Pillars are all used to battlefield battles, but when they see such a fierce and wild long-range weapon strike, they still can't help but change color slightly.

"I didn't expect the Gu Shi Army's catapult to be so powerful, with such a long range and such a large scale, I have long heard that the Gu Shi Catapult Array is powerful, and it is worthy of its name!"

Yuan Wenhuai couldn't help but sigh, which also aroused the ambition of Yuan Wenji next to him: "Third brother, why don't I give it a try?"

Yuan Wenji carried a long object tightly wrapped in a leather bag on his back, and an arrow bag hung from his waist, with a red arrow shaft and firebird feathers that made people think about it.

Yuan Wuwei shook his head, "It's not time yet, let's take a look." Although the catapults of the Gu Shi Army are at stake, if they can stop the attack of our Caizhou Army by relying on this, then they are too arrogant, I don't think Jiang Feng will be so careless, he must have a killer weapon. ”

With the alternating baptism of crossbows and catapults, the archers also began to attack, and the triple blow quickly weaved a web of death, tightly enveloping the Caizhou army.

At this time, the archers of the Caizhou army also braved the stone rain and arrow forest to arrive, using their well-trained shooting skills to suppress the crossbowmen and archers of the Gushi Army on the city wall, so as to alleviate the defense system built by the second follow-up of the Lue Shield Formation, and avoid causing too many casualties to the auxiliary soldiers and civilians who began to pour in.

Zhao Lan and Yuan Wenyu have both reached the front line, for them, neither flying stones nor stray arrows can affect them much, what they need now is to fill the trench in the shortest possible time, and then start a tentative attack, looking for the weak point of Gushi's city defense.

Until this time, both sides had maintained a certain degree of restraint.

For the Caizhou army, this kind of loss is acceptable, after all, if you want to capture a city, it is impossible not to pay a certain price for casualties.

Also for the Gushi Army, this situation is also acceptable, this series of blows also caused considerable losses to the Caizhou Army, although only auxiliary soldiers and civilian people, but hundreds of corpses are placed there, and there are wounded soldiers who have to risk death to withdraw, this psychological impact will also have a huge impact on the morale of an army.

"Quick, quick, fill this place!" Zhao Lan had already reached the edge of the moat under the city wall.

Arrows rained down on the two-zhang wide moat, and one after another of the auxiliaries and minmen rushed up and threw the bags of earth in their hands into the moat, and then quickly retreated, and during this period, some of them could never leave again, and the remaining auxiliaries and minmen who were lucky enough to evacuate would come back to endure this torment and torture again, until they also fell or the moat was filled.

The handguard hook in his hand opened two crossbow arrows that were obviously aimed at his own shooting, and Zhao Lan calmly commanded the auxiliaries and people who threw the dirt bags to hind their hind legs under the cover of the shield and the screen card, the shield and the screen card have formed more than a dozen cover lines from the forward position to the edge of the moat, these cover lines have played a huge role in protecting the auxiliaries and people, but they have also attracted more catapults and crossbows to attack them.

There were constant gaps in the line of cover, when the shield-wielding soldier was hit by a boulder or shot by a crossbow arrow, but the soldiers soon filled it up, and the line of cover was maintained so that the soldiers who were rushing back and forth could throw their bags and evacuate faster.

I have to admit that the role of the main general is huge, at least Zhao Lan fought in front of the battle, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Caizhou Army in this area is even higher.

They are not novices who have not experienced war, they are all fierce soldiers who have fought with the Liang army for many years, and they are not lacking in blood and will, as long as the lord is there, they will have the confidence to shock anyone.

Seeing that a section of the moat began to overflow under the filling of countless soldiers with dirt bags and bodies, and then began to silt up, and finally became level with the ground, although it was still soft, but as long as it was filled with a circle of earth bags, this section could become the beachhead for the next attack.

Zhao Lan looked at all this in front of him with joy, and the Yuan Wenyu camp on the other side was obviously still struggling, and he made a judgment!

A rolling stone fell from the air, and Zhao Lan, who was excited, even directly slammed the Wu hook in his hand, and under one hook, he actually smashed the stone into dozens of pieces.

At this moment, the mutation suddenly happened! (To be continued.) )